housing

• Housing

• Rambler becomes a homemade villa
• Homeplan: Build a storybook cottage
• US new-home sales fell in December to make 2011 worst sales year on record
• Mortgage deal could aid homeowners on the brink
• What $179,900 buys in Twin Cities
• One tough year for builders
• $23,000 bill from landlord seems excessive

• Foreclosures

• Mortgage deal could aid homeowners on the brink
• Ex-strippers, mortgage fraud and the North Side
• One tough year for builders
• Foreclosure rate rises in Twin Cities area
• Home values could take new hit from foreclosures
• Whistleblower: With help on high, foreclosure avoided  + video
• State slams alleged Bloomington mortgage scammer

• Rentals

• Landlord must send a CRP to tenant
• $23,000 bill from landlord seems excessive
• Editorial: Rental caps go too far, could backfire
• Walk-throughs are always a good idea
• Minneapolis set to revoke landlord's licenses
• Bedbugs are still biting months later
• Sleuthing out a doggie whodunnit