Many seniors sell their homes to afford the high cost of moving to a full-service retirement community. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports that people are delaying this move because their houses aren't selling.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and HUD secretary Shaun Donovan are urging some of the country's largest banks to step up their efforts to help homeowners modify their mortgages. Tamara Keith reports.
The Obama administration has tried a number of programs to slow the rate of foreclosure, but the housing market is still unstable. Commentators Robert Reich and Mark Zandi discuss other actions the government could take.
UCLA economics professor Edward Leamer talks with Bob Moon about whether we should view the latest housing numbers as the glass being half empty or half full.
The subprime mortgage debacle has given debt a bad rap lately. But there was a time when borrowing money helped establish a strong middle class. Stephen Smith reports.
The next surge in foreclosures has arrived. Borrowers with good credit are defaulting, and the latest wave of foreclosures is already lapping at the edge of communities all over America. Mitchell Hartman reports.
It's hard to tell where the bottom is when indicators are pointing in different directions. Steve Chiotakis asks economics correspondent Steve Farrell why he's able to look at the data and tell we're getting there.
With the way things are going in the housing market, some wonder how homebuilders manage to keep from filing bankruptcy. Bob Moon explores how it's been possible so far for no major U.S. homebuilders to have closed shop.