Personal Finance Advice and Commentary

At the start of the traditional buying season, housing news is mixed.

The latest index on home prices is positive, but a fragile economy weighs down a recovery.

Given the drop in inventory, your home might sell quickly in this state.

If Superstorm Sandy has affected you, understand the financial steps necessary on your road to recovery.

Fewer buyers signed contracts to buy homes in August. Is the market softening?

A drop in debt is both good and bad news for a housing recovery.

Don’t believe the housing recovery in underway? Here is more evidence that home prices are rising.

The poster child of the housing crash seems ready for round two of the condo craze.

March brings more signs of seller optimism in the housing market.

The housing market is showing signs of life and that’s sparking a renewed interest in bonds backed by subprime mortgages. Wednesday, the National Association of Realtors reported that existing-home sales increased 4.3 percent in January from a month earlier, the highest level since May 2010. In 2011, home sales increased 1.7 percent from 2010. The