Sales of newly built homes are still stumbling along at historically low levels, but builders claim they are beginning to see the light at the end of a very long tunnel. Sales may not be surging back, but in some of the better local economies, buyer interest is.     Read More

Non-distressed sellers are making up less and less of the overall housing market. That does not a healthy housing market make. Without good, move-up homes available, the market cannot see real price appreciation.     Read More

As I was driving back toward DC, I noticed the price of gas (for the cheap stuff) was $3.75 a gallon. Ouch. That can’t be good for sales. Some of the potential buyers I spoke with worried about the drive time, but hadn’t seem to give gas prices as much thought.    Read More

As foreclosures ease, the logical assumption is that home prices will rebound. But what if the current, unique state of the housing market turns that assumption on its head?     Read More

Is the U.S. economy in a full-tilt housing recovery? Diana on the record with Lindsey Piegza, FTN Financial, and CNBC's Rick Santelli.    Read More

After a year-long reprieve from rising foreclosures, the numbers are going up again.    Read More

Home builders are more confident about their market today than they have been in over four years.    Read More

If you look deep inside the 2013 federal budget released today, it looks as if the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is asking for a cash bailout for the first time its 78-year history.    Read More

2011 was the worst year on record for the nation's builders, in sales and starts, but demand is slowly returning, and the concern is that when demand really surges in the coming years, there will be too little supply to meet it.     Read More

It took more than a year to strike a deal, but here it is, the biggest government-industry settlement in history, surpassing even big tobacco.    Read More