housing

• Housing

• Sales of US existing homes fell in March to lowest level in 20 months in face of rising prices
• Grammy-winning singer Anita Baker countersues home improvement company that sought her arrest
• Reinventing home: Local baby boomers trade traditional for modern
• Lowe's agrees to $500,000 fine to settle claims of lead paint rules violations
• Average US rate on 30-year mortgage falls to 4.27 pct.; 15-year loan down to 3.33 pct.
• Sales of homes for more than $10M increase in Greenwich, Connecticut; 1 goes for $120M
• More than mosques and bazaars: Take a stroll in these Istanbul neighborhoods

• 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: Can a renter break lease when buying a home?
• Renting and the Law: Seeking respite from noisy neighbor
• Renting and the Law: Can landlord enter to search for drugs?
• 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?