Why You Can't Trust Bob Toll's Prediction of 20% Home Price Increases in 2013

Bob Toll, Executive Chairman of Toll Brothers, recently told Reuters that home prices are going to jump 20% in 2013 and another 25-30% in...

Foreclosures Continue to Stymie Housing Recovery

Banks seized more homes in August than in any month since the housing bubble burst in 2007, even as the number of homes entering the foreclosure...

Moribund Housing Market Threatens to Kill Economic Recovery

The weak housing market, which has traditionally led the U.S. economy out of recent recessions, this time may put an end to the economic...

Taxpayers' $3.7 Trillion Bailout Hasn't Saved the U.S. Housing Market

The amount of taxpayer dollars directed at the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) continues to grow but with little economic progress being made,...

Housing Market Wobbling without Tax Credit Crutch

The housing market has struggled to rebuild since its 2007 collapse, and its recovery is on even shakier ground now that a tax credit for first-time...

Are You Worried About Stocks? The U.S. Housing Market Should Be Your Real Concern

According to the latest reports on the U.S. housing market, the 96,400 homes hit with default notices last month were 7% less than in April and 22%...

Home Depot and Lowe's Laying the Foundation for Recovery with Little Help From the Housing Market

The housing market that was at the epicenter of the financial crisis has yet to approach a full-fledged recovery, but that hasn't stopped the...

Don't Be Fooled by the Housing Market's False Bottom

Existing home sales surprised the markets by rising 7.4% to an annual rate of 6.54 million units in November, the highest since February 2007,...

Investment News Briefs

With our investment news briefs, Money Morning provides investors with a quick overview of the most important investing news stories from all around...

U.S. Housing Prices Rise as Market Shows Signs of Stability

New data released in the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index today (Tuesday) show prices of U.S. houses rose for the third straight month in July,...

December Home Prices Dropped at Record Pace

By Mike Caggeso Associate Editor Money Morning Home prices continued falling in December, setting another record negative pace and revisiting levels...

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