Virtual Open Houses

Battered by the housing crisis, mortgage finance company Fannie Mae said Friday that it needs another $15.3 billion in bailout money from the federal government.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/J6cESxSze_I" height="1" width="1"/

Sales of existing homes unexpectedly fell in January, according to an industry report published Friday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/r9Lyevl1DfM" height="1" width="1"/

The Mortgage Bankers Association proposed a forbearance program Wednesday aimed at helping the unemployed pay their mortgages for up to nine months.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/jxCNThvxMv4" height="1" width="1"/

Despite signs that the real estate market might be lurching forward, prices are expected to fall further this year.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/VMc2dnTuCjQ" height="1" width="1"/

Sales of new homes plunged in January to the lowest level on record, government figures showed Wednesday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/wuatysMSfJo" height="1" width="1"/

More bad news on the housing bust front: Nearly 25% of all mortgage borrowers were underwater, meaning they more on their loans than their homes are worth.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/8hmx4txw6Ak" height="1" width="1"/

Home prices fell just 2.5% during the last three month of 2009 compared with the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a closely watched gauge of home price movement. That was a big improvement over the past three years.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/q2jk95lhn1M" height="1" width="1"/

Lowe's reported a better-than-expected profit for the fourth quarter on Monday, and the nation's second-largest home-improvement retailer indicated that 2010 would be a better year for the housing market.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/VhKtHsvL75w" height="1" width="1"/

The recent spike in the number of delinquent Federal Housing Administration-insured loans has some people worried that taxpayers will eventually have to bail the agency out.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/-gvOcTOcd80" height="1" width="1"/

The mortgage market may have begun to turn: Fewer borrowers fell behind on their payments during the last three months of 2009.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/DzzUAqQSWwc" height="1" width="1"/