UPDATED: April 4, 2010:  U.S. Treasury Officials today reminded potential first-time and repeat homebuyers that they have until April 30 to take advantage of up to $8,000 in tax credits that have already helped ...

The chief of the Federal Housing Administration insisted before a Congressional panel that his agency is not the next housing domino to fall, and that the FHA is on sound financial and policy footing as a result ...

Winter storms had some impact, but a 7.6 percent drop in the pending home sales index for January from the National Association of Realtors indicates expanded and extended homebuyer tax credits are not bolstering ...

Home prices stabilized in the fourth quarter of 2009, with the national median at $172,900 — 4 percent below the same quarter a year ago — but it’s the smallest decline in two years. The survey ...

The Internal Revenue Service this month is expected to begin processing the new form for those eligible to claim the first-time homebuyer tax credit, or for those long-term  homeowners who can also qualify for ...

They seem to be coming more frequently – studies or hard numbers showing the foreclosure crisis is nowhere near peaking. The latest sobering report shows that Florida’s filings reached nearly 400,000 ...

Pending sales of existing homes have stabilized, with a modest 1 percent increase in a key housing market index for December that remains above year-ago levels, according to the National Association of Realtors’ ...

U.S. Housing officials hope to ease the impact on communities hardest hit by foreclosures with a one-year waiver of its rule against providing FHA-insured mortgages on homes resold within 90 days. Beginning Monday, ...

Borrowers with federally-insured mortgages now don’t have to be late on their payments before qualifying for foreclosure help under an early relief program for those in “imminent default.” The ...

In new policies aimed at bolstering its depleted reserves, Federal Housing Administration officials today announced tougher measures for borrowers, including higher mortgage insurance premiums, tighter credit scoring ...