housing

• Housing

• Construction, home remodeling delayed by long, cold winter
• Average US rate on 30-year mortgage falls to 4.28 pct; 15-year loan down to 3.32 pct
• Negative equity on the decline in the Twin Cities
• Realtor brings new perspective to top job
• US home prices rose at healthy pace in January despite cold weather and falling sales
• Business Highlights
• Apartments in the Twin Cities can’t go up fast enough

• Foreclosures

• Foreclosure hits Burnsville's Heart of the City
• 94 percent of Minnesota counties lack affordable rental housing
• Housing market points upward
• Negative equity in the Twin Cities outpaces the nation
• Wells Fargo offers $9M to Twin Cities home buyers
• Ex-strippers, mortgage fraud and the North Side
• 75 rally for man who faces loss of house

• Rentals

• Renting and the Law: Former tenant now suing for junk she left behind
• Renting and the Law: Tenant still waiting for Certificate of Rent Paid
• Renting and the Law: Who pays for utilities – tenant or landlord?
• Renting and the Law: What's ordinary wear and tear?
• Can tenants withhold last month's rent?
• Renting & the Law: What are options when roommate wants to break lease?
• Renting and the Law: Tenant wants out of house with moldy basement