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While the Case-Shiller index showed prices were slightly higher than in December, the rebound seems to be fading. The Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Index rose 0.3 percent in January from December, seasonally adjusted, its eighth consecutive monthly increase.

A sharply rising number of foreign investors are looking for Los Angeles pre foreclosures and other bargain-priced properties. A number of them are Chinese parents looking for houses for their children who are entering U.S. universities.

Answers to questions about the Obama administration's new mortgage modification program.

Sales of new homes in the US fell to their lowest level on record in February, figures show.

Bank of America will on Wednesday announce plans to start forgiving mortgage loan principal for troubled homeowners who owe more than 120 percent of their home's value or are battling ever-expanding "negative amortization" loans.

The average homeowner in the Obama administration's signature foreclosure-prevention program owes more on their mortgage than the home is worth, yet the program does virtually nothing to address this problem, according to a scathing new report by a government watchdog.

Sales fall for a third straight month, dropping to the lowest level since last July.

In a counterintuitive solution, nonprofits in Boston are selling houses back to owners after foreclosure.

California's median home price rose 11% in February from a year earlier, while home sales in the state dipped for the second consecutive month.

Underwater on their mortgages and angry at banks, more borrowers are choosing to hand over the keys, even if they can afford the payments. Wynn Bloch has always dutifully paid her bills and socked away money for retirement.