Tess Vigeland speaks to economist Dean Baker and former secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros about government subsidies for homeownership.

Federal Housing Administration home loans used to be just a sliver of the nation's housing market, but now it's one-third. The FHA loans may have helped what would've been an even more stagnant housing market, but federal mortgages may not be sustainable.

A court decision could make that more difficult for people who bought condos right before the crash to get out of their contracts.

Mortgage giant Fannie Mae's twelfth quarterly loss in a row is smaller than others the company has suffered in the last 36 months.

Question: In all the extensive discussions on your show (and Diane Rehm's show) regarding short sales and mortgage principal write down's by…

A federal judge has approved a $600 million payout for Countrywide to settle with shareholders who were allegedly misled about the company's financial health.

There was no boom in the rental market, once the housing market went bust — but more people are moving out and renting places of their own.

In RealtyTrac's mid-year report, the real estate data company says the U.S. housing market is in for a long, painful recovery.

Two years ago, cities across the nation received money from Congress to buy and take care of foreclosed homes to prevent neighborhoods from becoming blighted. The September deadline to spend all that money is looming, and cities are struggling to spend the money, before it gets taken away.

Question: We will finish paying off our mortgage in four years. If all goes as planned, once we retire (shortly after), we will be mortgage-free….