PHILADELPHIA — Foreclosures, sad to say, are a fact of life in today’s housing market. The number of U.S. homes in various stages of mortgage delinquency, though growing slower now than in the past ...

Tim Adams is one busy real estate agent, and his hectic professional life has nothing to do with the contraction among his peers since the start of the housing market slump. Adams specializes in ...

The taint of “foreclosure” sticks with homes whose owners failed to make their mortgage payments. But while that might make such houses an odious deal to some home buyers, it has proven to be a ...