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With the recent appreciation in home prices, this spring might be a good time to sell your home. But which is the smarter way to do it, hire a real estate agent or list it yourself?

At $139 million, this newly-listed Florida home certainly has a lot to offer.

The housing market remained the backbone of the economic recovery this year, but tight lending and inventories kept it from reaching its full potential. 

Five years after the bottom fell out of the housing market, real estate is starting to show sings of strength, though it still has healing to do. 

Before moving into a cheaper house, there are some things you can do to cut that big mortgage obligation.

Higher home mortgage rates from a debt breach, could put the brakes on a market that's been the backbone for recovery.

With unemployment still at 7.6% and economic growth at 1.8% for the 1Q, the strength of the housing market is about to be put to a test.

The scariest aspect of a new plan to ease home lending requirements is once-again allowing borrowers to put down as little as 3% for a down payment.

Here are four reasons your home may be sitting on the sidelines—and how to get it back in the game.

Is it still a good time to put your money in real estate? Here are four reasons why it might be a good idea.

People are flocking to North Dakota to take advantage of its strong energy economy, and the housing market doesn’t have the capacity to shelter the influx.

The connection between underwater mortgages, mobility and stubbornly high unemployment doesn’t exist. Here's what has to happen to spur job creation to getting a faster recovery in the labor market.

If stringent lending standards adopted in the wake of the financial crisis five years ago aren’t relaxed a bit, the onerous requirements will continue to act as a drag on the housing market.

Red Herring or Clue? Fannie Mae, the big mortgage lender, may be looking to have its shares listed on the NYSE.

The cheapest home loans in a lifetime may be history, but please don’t let the media’s and the market’s fixation with interest rates derail any plans you have to buy a home in the near future

While taxes are certainly not negotiable, it could be worth shopping around for the other mortgage cost components – property insurance, title insurance and especially the lender, since origination fees can vary from one bank to the other.

Asking home prices rose 8% in May compared with a year ago--the slowest rate in 13 months. That's welcome news for buyers who have been pushed out by the 20% increase some markets had been experiencing.

Reverse mortgages can provide financial stability to aging homeowners, and the government's new lending standards adds more protections.  

Sewage, sinkholes and other threats may go beyond the protections of home coverage.

The housing market's recovery is slowing and many are placing the blame on lack of demand from first-time buyers. But is that really fair?