A little follow up to my post yesterday. I knew I'd probably upset the folks at Treasury, and I did.    Read More

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Home prices rose for the fifth straight month and posted the second quarterly increase, but the pace of appreciation in September slowed and was less than expected, according to Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller indexes. David Goldberg, homebuilder and building products analyst at UBS, shared his insight on the housing market.   Read More

As you probably could have guessed, I'm not going to jump on the bandwagon and say that the housing market is all fine and dandy now that we've seen two months of big jumps in existing home sales.    Read More

I didn't know about it either. Yes, the US Department of Agriculture has a program, instituted back in the 1940s, to assist in rural development, that has become extremely popular during these days of crunching credit. These are USDA-backed loans, so approved lenders can offer no-money down.    Read More

While some economists say the housing markets may have hit a bottom, others say there is more doom and gloom to come. Quintin Primo, chairman and chief executive of Capri Capital Partners, shared his insights on the real estate sector.    Read More

While you may think the economy is improving a bit -- and that government assistance has had an impact -- the foreclosure crisis is not.   Read More

A lot of housing data hit the wires today, much of it unexpected and confusing, so let's start at the top.    Read More

Check out Cramer’s interview with Federal Realty’s Donald Wood.   Read More

The home buyer tax credit was extended and expanded, and mortgage interest rates have actually been trending even lower, but housing's recovery is still being hampered by new appraisal rules.    Read More