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A mashup of several market indices puts the housing recovery start somewhere between 2012 and 2013 thanks, in part, to growing consumer confidence in the economy. • Clear Capital's

Christmas just wouldn't be the Christmas without the workers you love, but many workers essential to the holiday shopping season can't afford to buy a home where they

The latest study extolling the intrinsic value found in green homes puts energy efficiency at the top of the list of features buyers most desire. The Yahoo! Home Horizon

Candidates running for office in 2012 had better put their housing game on the table. From tiny towns to the national electorate, voters have been clear about who

More proof the rental market is firing on all cylinders: multifamily housing construction is up and renters are paying an ever larger share of their income for housing,

The residential rental market is perhaps one of the few, if not the only, economic sectors firing on all cylinders in a full-recovery mode. If you are planning to

In a mashup of three recent housing market reports, home ownership has suffered its greatest bust since the Great Depression, 10 million more foreclosures may be headed for

FICO — FICO’s latest quarterly survey of bank risk professionals offered a decidedly pessimistic outlook, reversing the growing optimism seen in late 2010 and early 2011. The survey,

Mortgage rates were flat this week, but expected to go even lower after the Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it would sell $400 billion of its shorter-term securities

Focus like a laser beam on housing. Just writing down all of California's underwater mortgages to market value would pump more than $20 billion into the state, create more

Don’t expect a sonic boom, but the housing market is poised to turn around next year and much of the nation should be in full-fledged recovery by 2013. The

Housing-related tax breaks are as American as apple pie and politicians who want to cut the tax perks that come with housing may want to consider another line

If you are looking for somewhere to park investment money, savings or discretionary income, consider residential real estate. Home prices are back where they were in 2002. And if you

Home prices have crashed back to 2002 levels and the double dip is on, but nearly three dozen markets are enjoying varying levels of home price appreciation. A few

Investors have the moxie, the moola, and the mindset to muscle in on first time homebuyers and they make no bones about their plans to do so, making

Remember when Zillow predicted housing was due to begin recovery in the third quarter of 2010? Later, 2011 became the year to bank on. Fiserv, the National Association of Realtors

The long anticipated double-dip in home prices has arrived. And it comes with the lowest interest rates of the year, but tight credit and slow employment gains aren't allowing

Most Americans believe the housing market has hit the bottom and that it's a good time to buy, in part because many also think rents will rise faster

Bank of America recently became the first bank to stop sales of foreclosures in all 50 states as 49 states teamed up to investigate mortgage lenders' foreclosure procedures. State