U.S. Home Values Continued to Slide for the Eighth Consecutive Quarter

From Zillow.com, U.S. home values continued to slide for the eighth consecutive quarter, declining 11.6 percent from a year ago, and falling 17.5 percent since the market peak in 2006. Additionally, one in five homes sold in the past 12 months was a foreclosure, and one in six of all homeowners have negative equity.



Zillow Q4 Real Estate Market Reports track 161 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) throughout the U.S., identifying market trends including, but not limited to: five and 10-year annualized change, homes selling for a loss, negative equity, short sales and foreclosure transactions.

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Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill

Simple Ways to Cut the Cost of Owning a Cell Phone
By Erin Huffstetler, About.com

Does your monthly cell phone bill send you into shock? It doesn't have to. Here are fourteen ways to save money on your cell phone bill.



Track Your Talk Time
Do you go over your minutes each month? Then, it's time to start tracking your talk time. Sign up with overmyminutes.com, (a free service) and you'll receive an e-mail or text message to let you know when you're about to run out of minutes.

Read the full article by Erin here.