With the housing market in a lethargic recovery, John K. McIlwain of the Urban Land Institute offers three ways to help revive the market.

A new report from Bloomberg indicates that first-time homebuyers are having difficulty securing loans thanks to student loan debt totals nearing $1 trillion.

In his first State of the Union address of 2012, President Obama briefly discussed a pair of proposals to help the housing industry this year.

Without significant congressional reform, Freddie Mae and Freddy Mac will continue to suffer under the weight of bad loans, economists say.

Forbes highlighted the five regions that are most poised to flourish in 2012 and help boost the national economy.

The number of homeowners who have delayed selling because of the real estate market has declined slightly in the last 18 months, suggesting the pending supply of "visible" homes is stabilizing.

A federal program to provide temporary loans to homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages will probably fall short of its goal.

President Barack Obama’s prime-time address on jobs didn’t focus much on housing, but it would create a $15 billion fund to get construction workers to rehab vacant and foreclosed homes and businesses.

A number of economists and politicians have issued housing plans in the last few weeks. Here's a round-up of the ideas.