Some Transferees are easing into home ownership gradually in uncertain economic times. Prior to 2008 all was well on the mortgage and real estate scene. By late 2007, however, the landscape that was once lush deteriorated. In fact, it was damaged to a point that...

  If you're frustrated by trying to find a place in today's rental market, you're not alone. Published Mar 22, 2013, 8:00am By Kasey Cordell Portland Monthly   The only thing tougher than buying a home in Portland right now might be trying to rent one. With citywide...

Rising home prices in many markets may be giving underwater homeowners the determination to stick it out in the hopes of being able to eventually sell at a profit, stunting the continued growth of short sales, data aggregator RealtyTrac reported today....

  |         Imagine shopping for your dream home in the hot Seattle area market. You go to an open house, it’s crowded, you know there are multiple offers. But you feel like this is it, your dream home. It even has a great swath of vacant land behind the home for...

By Maureen Farrell @CNNMoneyInvest February 4, 2013: 6:52 AM ET The latest sign of a housing boom: investors are clamoring to buy up homebuilding stocks, homes, and undeveloped land. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Investors are betting big on the housing recovery. Hedge funds...

Media Contact: Walter Molony / 202-383-1177 / Email WASHINGTON (January 9, 2013) - With 11 months of data reported, 2012 will clearly go down as a record year for favorable housing affordability conditions, and a great year for buyers who could get a mortgage,...

In the past 12 months, home prices have skyrocketed in some major U.S. cities. In Phoenix, according to real estate information site Trulia, asking home prices increased by 26.9 percent between November 2011 and November 2012. Of course, that's after home prices in...

By Chris Isidore @CNNMoney December 26, 2012: 9:14 AM ET   NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The recovery in the housing market continues to pick up steam, as home prices posted the biggest percentage gain in more than two years in the latest reading of the closely followed...