As the housing market rebounds, so do sales of home priced at $10 million and up. CNBC's Robert Frank lists the zip codes where sales are the hottest. (2:48)
Here's one sign of a global housing recovery: Every month seems to bring a new "world's most expensive" listing or sale. This month's offering is the penthouse of the Tour Odeon in Monaco.
The housing recovery is helping to boost home improvement names like Home Depot and Lowe's. CNBC's Steve Liesman reports how Americans see the housing recovery.
Despite a raging, record-high stock market, more Americans believe a home is a better long-term investment than stocks, according to CNBC All-America Economic Survey.
Excess cash plus easy access to credit is driving up land values across the Midwest, stoking fears that a farmland bubble is building that may soon burst. USA Today reports.
Despite "horror stories" about the difficulties of getting a mortgage, banks are willing to lend, Barry Habib, chief market strategist at Residential Finance, told CNBC.
An early read on the nation's real estate sector, and a look at mortgage rates, with Barry Habib, MBS Highway; and James Lockhart, ,WL Ross & Co. vice chairman.
The housing comeback is showing signs of accelerating more rapidly than most anybody had thought at this point, David Stevens, president and CEO of Mortgage Bankers Association, told CNBC.