Housing News

If you're entertaining thoughts of buying your first home now that median home prices nationwide are at a five-year low, take note: The cost of home ownership might be a lot more than you think.

Inna Komarovskaya was ready to do her part to revive the economy: She found a "really cute" condo to buy.

The poor are more likely to leave California than the rich, despite concerns that the state's relatively high income tax rate is driving away the wealthy, a new study shows.

The closed home sales, pending sales and new listings reports for June 2009 in the 13-county Metro continue to show encouraging signs, according to the St.

The poor are more likely to leave California than the rich, despite concerns that the state's relatively high income tax rate is driving away the wealthy, a new study shows.

New homes prices across Canada fell for the eighth-straight month in May, Statistics Canada announced Friday.

In March, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled a Public-Private Investment Program in which the government and private firms would bid together to purchase toxic assets from banks, freeing them to increase lending and help revive the economy.

Manhattan's rental supply soared in the second quarter as new units hit the market and owners postpone their plans to sell because they couldn't get their desired prices.

It's summer and you haven't even started planning the family's vacation? Don't fret quite yet.

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Maybe it's not always good to come in first place. Incline Village/Crystal Bay is the No.

The risk of lasting home price declines has increased in Dallas-Fort Worth as foreclosures and job losses mount in North Texas, a new report says.

One of Canada's best-known real estate firms has upgraded its housing-market outlook for the remainder of this year after second-quarter activity showed a thaw from the deep freeze in activity during the winter.

More signs of life in the housing market were offered today after builders Barratt Developments and Redrow reported higher sales and stable prices.

In this book cover image released by Penguin Press, "Cheap," by Ellen Ruppel Shell, is shown.

More than half of potential homebuyers say they're still not prepared to jump into the market, and fear of losing their jobs is the No.

Las Vegas set a record in June with more existing homes sold than any other month in history, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.

Demand for U.S. mortgages to buy homes and refinance loans bounced from seven-month lows last week, with average 30-year borrowing rates unchanged, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday.

Home prices may fall in more than half of the largest U.S. cities through the first quarter of 2011 as unemployment and foreclosures rise, Walnut Creek-based mortgage insurer PMI Group Inc.

Softening home prices drew Canadians back into the housing market in a big way in the first quarter, according to a Royal Bank report.

U.S. consumers have increasingly defaulted on their credit card debt due to recession woes.