/Finance/Real-Estate/index.html Finance / Real Estate zh-cn Use Chinese Information to find breaking news, current events, the latest headlines, news photos, analysis & opinion on top stories, world, business, politics, entertainment, sports, technology, and more. admin@soulflying.com /Finance/Real-Estate/20080201/237.html It's getting harder to hide from the housing bust. Tight credit, fragile consumer confidence and a weakening economy are slowing sales and depressing prices even in some places -- such as the Pacific Northwest and North Carolina -- that until recent 2008-02-01 Real Estate James R. Hagerty WSJ.com /Finance/Real-Estate/20080201/236.html Florida Is Latest State to Put Countrywide's Lending Under Microscope LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, is finding itself under increasing scrutiny by shareholders and state governments. Florida's 2008-02-01 Real Estate Alex Veiga ap.org /Finance/Real-Estate/20080201/235.html Chaos in the housing market has spoiled the fun for some of real estate's biggest cheerleaders: flippers. In a rising market, they could buy, work their makeover magic and sell for a tidy profit -- over and over. As prices fell, many stepped or were 2008-02-01 Real Estate Kathleen Doler Investor's Business Daily /Finance/Real-Estate/20080130/92.html Durable Good Orders Rise in December; Consumer Confidence Slides in January NEW YORK (AP) -- Orders to factories for big-ticket manufactured goods jumped unexpectedly in December, good news amid signs that the U.S. economy may be tipping toward a re 2008-01-30 Real Estate Eileen Alt Powell ap.org