housing market

The housing market ended the year on a positive note with strong sales in December, but a glut of unsold homes will likely push prices lower this year, forecasters said.

Top policymakers did not seriously consider the idea that problems in the housing market would bring a recession, newly released transcripts show.

The flailing housing market has yet to show major signs of recovery, which is bad news for today's home sellers.

But even worse, the slump could permanently reduce the net wealth of an entire generation.

Citigroup has agreed to pay $285 million to settle civil fraud charges that it misled buyers of complex mortgage investments just as the housing market was starting to collapse.

For people who profess their desire to get the depressed housing market back on its feet the Obama Administration has been singularly inept.

President Obama 's new jobs-creation plan all but ignores what many economists see as the single biggest problem in the stalling economy: the continuing depression in the housing market.

Foreclosures made up roughly one-third of all home sales this spring. While that's a smaller share of sales from the previous quarter, it's six times the percentage of foreclosures in a healthy housing market.

After more than four years of a housing market crisis and major changes in credit card terms, it may be hard to believe that many consumers don't know what types of loans they have.

Fewer people bought new homes in June, evidence that the housing market remains weak.

Builders broke ground on more homes in June, but hardly enough to spark a rebound in the struggling housing market.