Housing

City planners increasingly wonder if traditional zoning laws lead to sprawl. So more cities are turning to "form-based" code, which focuses on a building's look, rather than its specific commercial/residential use.

This week new rules from the Federal Reserve go into effect that aims to help consumers get a better deal on a home loan. The rules require brokers that sell mortgages to steer consumers to the lowest-price loan available.

From now on, loan originators have to present borrowers with options that include the loan with the lowest interest rate and the lowest fees.

The Dodd-Frank law is having a big effect on the mortgage market, namely in the future fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Richard DeKaser, economist with the Parthenon Group, explains today's promising job numbers and why the housing situation hasn't followed suit.

The overall aim is to make Fannie- and Freddie-backed mortgages a lot more expensive to bring private firms back into the market.

According to a new report from Case-Shiller, home prices continued to slide in January in America's major metropolitan areas.

A pall has settled over the housing market. The latest piece of bad news: Residential real estate prices fell sharply in January. The S&P/Case…

The housing market has been in the tank for years now. The latest figures say it won't get better anytime soon. But this century long chart from…