Waiting for short sale approval can be agonizing, especially for first-time home buyers. Some banks such as Countrywide, for example, move files through a minimum of two phases. During the first…

Since William Geller took the reins of the Sarasota Association of Realtors earlier this year, his message has been one of inspiration and encouragement to his members as Southwest Florida’s beleaguered housing market is showing mixed signals.

Published: Monday, May 4, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, May 1, 2009 at 6:08 p.m. Homeowners who are having trouble making their monthly mortgage payments may be able to get some relief by modifying the terms of their loans.

To save itself from the embarrassment of having to foreclose on a $16.35 million loan to a group that included real estate investor Neal Mohammad Husani, Fifth Third Bank approached its customers and begged them to help find someone to take Husani’s downtown Sarasota property off its hands.

By Ethel Hazelhurst Growth in credit to the private sector slowed sharply to 8.5 percent year on year in March, from 11 percent in February and a peak of 27.5 percent in October 2006.

From staging presidential news conferences to measuring home runs, WCCO is hitting “reply all” to viewer Good Questions.

China has banned shipments of Minnesota pork products, even the legendary Spam. Russia, too, is on the verge of saying nyet to Minnesota pork.