As New Orleans comes back, some neighborhoods boom, others stay blighted

Dec 5, 2013
As New Orleans and its economy attract more college-educated residents, gentrification comes to once-poor neighborhoods on high ground.

Government shutdown threatens housing market, mortgages

Oct 7, 2013
The longer the government is closed, the more housing deals could be delayed or even wrecked altogether.

The housing market: Back from the brink?

Sep 27, 2013
The housing market is showing positive signs with prices climbing back up. But is now the time to buy?

Home improvement improves Home Depot

Aug 20, 2013
Home Depot is out today with strong earnings. American sales are up 11 percent from last year.

Foreclosures are down, but the housing market isn't quite moving yet

Aug 15, 2013
The rate of foreclosures in July was down 32 percent from a year earlier, according to RealtyTrac. That sounds like good news, but it masks a stubborn reality.

For public good, not for profit.

A new, old plan to help struggling homeowners refinance

Aug 1, 2013
When it comes to helping homeowners struggling with mortgages, is President Obama taking a page out of Mitt Romney's playbook?

The housing market is flipping out

Jul 19, 2013
A new report explores the uptick in speculative home flipping -- though the geography of flipping has, well, flipped.

What is a bubble and are we in one?

Jun 19, 2013
As soon as the value of something rises, skeptics roll out the B-word: bubble.