Working its way through the State Legislature in Albany is one of the first bills in the country to protect property values and neighborhood safety when a foreclosed property is left untended.

Signs of recession were few at a lavish industry conference celebrating the foreclosure “tsunami.”

After a 17-bedroom villa in San Diego County fell into forclosure, vandals ripped out $1 million worth of fixtures, according to a crime report.

Advocacy groups are moving people into vacant homes, some in secret, others openly, as civil disobedience.

What was a bad situation is likely to turn worse, as more properties are forced into bankruptcy or foreclosure.

Severe declines in real estate values are reinvigorating buyers previously priced out: middle-class families with steady jobs.

The protest was the latest effort to pressure KB Home, one of the nation’s largest home builders, to change its lending policies.

The protest was the latest effort to pressure KB Home, one of the nation’s largest home builders, to change its lending policies.

Existing-home sales rose as buyers scooped up foreclosure properties, but the median sales price fell 15.5 percent.

Banks are quietly declining to take possession of properties at the end of the foreclosure process because the cost of the ordeal exceeds the value of the real estate.