Housing

Question: We are thinking of buying a condo for our son to live in while he goes to school. We have no liabilities but we don't have enough for a…

Kai Ryssdal talks to Peter Goodman, business editor at the Huffington Post, about home buying and ownership post-Fannie and Freddie Mac.

Compromises between landlords and tenants are helping the commercial real estate market improve.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be on the chopping block this week. According to the Wall Street Journal, one idea is to phase out the two companies and not replace them. David Gura explains.

Question: First, thanks for your interesting programs. They offer variety and useful information. My question is whether I should sell a house I…

Rising energy costs made home buyers more interested in energy efficient homes, without giving up square feet. Adam Allington reports from St. Louis, Mo.

Question: My husband and I are moving to a new town for our first career-track job. (We are graduate students; I am graduating and taking a job as…

People write to us all the time with questions asking for help, but a note from San Diego resident Karin Andreen (pictured above) was a little di…

Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for TARP, said the government's mortgage modification program has been "abysmal." Karin Andreen has been through the modification process and talks with Tess Vigeland about her horror story.

Tess Vigeland and MoneyWatch's Kathy Kristoff talk about why Twitter isn't good for investing advice and answer your questions about non-loan options to pay for college, paying down student debt and whether you can have too much money to qualify for a loan.