Question: My husband and I are paying our scheduled payments on our current home mortgage and student loans. We don't have any other debt. We have…

August housing numbers were released — and the number of housing starts, home completions and apartment building construction is up. But permits for single-family homes were down What does this mean for the housing market and the recovery?

Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson tours one of the poorest neighborhoods in Memphis, Tenn. with an attorney who is bringing a lawsuit against Wells Fargo for predatory lending.

Real estate data firm RealtyTrac is out with its foreclosure report for August. It says defaults and repos are up 4 percent from July's figures. Janet Babin reports.

Marketplace's Alisa Roth looks into the history of the 30-year mortgage.

Question: We are opening a line of credit from our home's equity, some of which we plan to use to pay off our mortgage. The Mortgage is a 20 year…

In Memphis, Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson found that for struggling homeowners, the difference is as simple as black and white.

The housing market got us into this mess. And as more and more Americans have been laid off, office buildings have emptied out. All that hits hard for one profession in particular: architects. Jeremy Hobson reports.

In the midst of all the government efforts to stimulate home buying, here's a surprise: The cost of mortgage insurance backed by the Federal Housing Administration is set to increase this fall. John Dimsdale explains.

The Federal Housing Administration launched a new short refinance program, which would encourage lenders to forgive some debt. But critics say the government should stay out of the housing market.