Virtual Open Houses

Modern America has long paired the "America Dream" with home ownership. The idea of staying put, paying property taxes and periodically mowing the lawn belonged to citizens who were somehow more American than the poor saps who could only afford to rent the place they called home.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/HmSFOA7nbTs" height="1" width="1"/

The number of Americans who own homes fell in the second quarter of the year to the lowest level since 1999, said a government survey released Tuesday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/MGfjUuqCBDw" height="1" width="1"/

Home prices rose slightly in May compared with a month earlier, appearing to have stablized at the lower levels that followed the end of the residential real estate bubble, according to the SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Index of 20 major housing markets released Tuesday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/u6zXpf9JE9I" height="1" width="1"/

New home sales rebounded in June from the record low hit the previous month but remained sluggish.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/tE7X3TnJg5s" height="1" width="1"/

In the latest sign of renewed turbulence in the housing market, an industry group said Thursday that sales of existing homes fell 5.1% in June.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/9GzUDOfWojg" height="1" width="1"/

California is home to 4 cities in the top 100 this year. See the best places to live in your favorite state.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/0yHHQGszU04" height="1" width="1"/

In the past decade, Nantucket Island has served as a barometer for the fortunes of Wall Street. The glass cracked after years of unsustainable pressures. But almost by magic, the barometer is rising once more even as something new and unexpected has come to the summer paradise: foreclosures, short sales, failed auctions, and a skinnier municipal budget. And while financiers can cut and run, it's the locals who are being hardest hit.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/w66sfzQHa7U" height="1" width="1"/

No. 8 Broomfield County, Colo., saw jobs soar 50% in the past nine years. Where has there been even more growth?img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/Wm_lyo-vPgc" height="1" width="1"/

Mortgage applications to buy a home plunged last week - to the lowest level in more than 13 years - as the housing recovery continued to struggle following the expiration of the homebuyer tax credit, an industry group said Wednesday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/N8V1bB-kakI" height="1" width="1"/

We can't help the NBA superstar decide which team he should play for. But we do know a thing or two about real estate. Some house hunting tips for King James.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/oxnnbfeRu6w" height="1" width="1"/