Below are the latest real estate news headlines for buyers and sellers.

Home buying: Most affordable in decades
Buying a home is now more affordable than it has been in the last twenty years.Read Article
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:05:13 EST

New York apartment sells for a record $88 million
The most expensive apartment ever sold in Manhattan went for a cool $88 million this week.Read Article
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:04:48 EST

Fewer homeowners missing mortgage payments
The mortgage meltdown that began five years ago appears to be reversing course as the percentage of loans that fell into delinquency slowly returned to normal rates and fewer loans fell into foreclosure.Read Article
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:24:52 EST

New home construction starts strong in 2012
New home construction got off to a strong start for the year, with housing starts and building permits rising in January on a monthly and annual basis -- another sign that the U.S. housing market and broader economy are headed in the right direction.Read Article
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:34:26 EST

Foreclosures climbed in January
Foreclosures picked up in January, yet another sign that the nation's huge glut of delinquent homes may soon start making their way onto the market.Read Article
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:34:27 EST

Banks pay homeowners $35K to sell
In an effort to cut their losses, banks are paying some struggling homeowners as much as $35,000 to sell their homes before they end up in foreclosure.Read Article
Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:29:07 EST

Citi fined $158 million for gaming federal housing program
Citigroup will pay $158 million to settle charges that its mortgage unit defrauded the Federal Housing Administration by inaccurately claiming that certain mortgages were eligible for government insurance, government officials announced Wednesday.Read Article
Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:38:28 EST

Housing: The one bailout America could really use
Laurie Goodman is an apolitical number cruncher who has spent most of her 28-year career out of the public view, studying the minutiae of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) for big investment banks. She's long been a star among Wall Street insiders, however. She holds the record for the most top rankings for fixed-in-come research from the trade bible Institutional Investor.Read Article
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:20:23 EST

Want a date? Buy a home
When it comes to dating, homeownership can be the ultimate aphrodisiac.Read Article
Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:34:20 EST

Mortgage deal means more foreclosures
Even as the $26 billion mortgage settlement helps hundreds of thousands of troubled homeowners, it will bring a wave of new forclosures.Read Article
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:13:02 EST