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With home building up, will McMansions return?
Dan Gorenstein Aug 22, 2012
Nationwide, home-building permits are at a four-year high. But coming off the Great Recession, is there a market for luxury homes?
A foreclosure tour from the front seat of a patrol car
Tess Vigeland Aug 21, 2012
Four years into the housing crisis, abandoned and derelict foreclosures -- and the crimes they attract -- keep police busy in one Los Angeles neighborhood.
Mortgage giants face new carrot -- and stick
Bob Moon Aug 17, 2012
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac get some slack on repaying government bailout funds. But they’ll have to shrink their businesses faster than planned.
Treasury to change relationship with Fannie, Freddie
Jeremy Hobson Aug 17, 2012
There's word this morning that the Treasury Department is going to revamp its financial relationship with the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Tepid news in jobs, construction, retail
Diane Swonk Aug 16, 2012
Today starts with some more tepid economic news. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits ticked up slightly to 366,000 last week.
Survivalists drive housing market in Idaho
Jessica Robinson Aug 15, 2012
Homebuyers preparing for a disaster -- natural, economic or otherwise -- have helped the housing market in remote north Idaho weather the downturn.
Shedding light on the 'shadow' real estate market
Shannon Mullen Aug 14, 2012
Many feared that millions of homes in foreclosure but not yet on the market would derail the housing recovery. But what ever happened to the "shadow inventory," as it's known?
Rental markets tighten up in Chicago
Lauren Chooljian Aug 13, 2012
Renters trying to find places in hot up-and-coming neighborhoods in Chicago find themselves facing big price increases and stiff competition.
Collective home ownership on the rise
Ann Heppermann Aug 13, 2012
Your friends and you have been through a lot together -- but do you think you can buy a house with them?
CFPB proposes new rules for mortgage servicers
Jeff Horwich Aug 10, 2012
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today proposed new rules for the companies that service your mortgage. The proposed reforms seem to mandate a big upgrade in customer service.
