Miami real estate was once a booming success until the mortgage crisis hit the region in the early 2006. The real estate market collapsed as the number of foreclosure grew, which eventually lead to the increase of unsold homes in the city.

E-Trade Financial Corp. reports another quarterly loss and says it probably won't make a profit for the rest of 2008 as the discount broker continues to struggle from a foray into mortgages during the real estate boom earlier this decade.

Building energy-efficient, water-conserving, "green" homes is an ever-expanding trend. But how are appraisers, bankers and real-estate agents supposed to put a value on all that greenness?

Kuwait's central bank is issuing new rules tightening real estate and share lending loans after imposing similar restrictions on consumer lending to help slow inflation, reported Daily Al Qabas.

Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group of Arlington, whose core business of making mortgage investments has been hammered in the midst of the real estate downturn, said yesterday that it would considering selling itself as losses continued to mount in the third