consumer reporter john matarese as more. >> reporter: we're hearing reports that the housing market may finally have turned. prices are inching up. sales of homes are starting to improve and this could be a great time to snag a bar gafnlt only problem, it's not always so easy. >> the windows are brand-new oar david fell in love with this traditional three in bedroom house with solid wood work. >> you just don't find it in newer homes oar best of all it was a short sale. at $65,000 this was half price. >> this was great value house, three bedrooms, two baths. >> reporter: in a short sale the owner unloads it for less but he learned drawbacks. >> the bank took our our and upped it by several thousands and added that we would have to pay any closing costs, any liens on the property. >> reporter: he agreed but after weeks of waiting, the bank shut him out. >> that wases la -- was the last we heard. >> reporter: there are down sides, an extended length to close. the house is sold as s are a responsible for unpaid bills. it maybe neglected and need major repairs and cash talks according to th

i'm john matarese. >>> health news, a move to stop companies from selling off brand painkillers not approved. fda will crack down on oxycontin. the problem is, some other companys have been marketing the pills for years without clearance. opiate drugs are among the most widely abused drugs in the u.s. >>> baltimore ranked fourth in the list of top ten cities for your skin according to daily glow.com. it looked a at the dermatologists per capita, skins cancer rates, climate data and other factors. dc 13th. pittsburgh was 20th. >>> i was blogging about a few days ago, maybe its free sauna treatments. the free steam sauna outside. it's hot and humid. maybe it helps the skin around the baltimore area. this is a wide, widespread heat warning. this is unusual and widespread, all but extreme western maryland, mountains with the heat warning through tomorrow evening. here is part of the reason, temperatures now are excessively hot and you can see the weather continuing to be very clear out there as we put a few of our cameras in to motion across the area. blue skies, hot conditions continuing right