Virtual Open Houses

States have until late Monday to agree to the latest draft deal aimed at relieving homeowners struggling with mortgages bigger than their home's value.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/4CIRUSnrayQ" height="1" width="1"/

Just one day after President Obama detailed a proposal to enable millions of homeowners to refinance to record-low mortgage rates, those rates notched another record.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/_XuZ8GzvJro" height="1" width="1"/

The Obama administration is taking another swing at improving its main foreclosure prevention program.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/fAvdcW1W9QE" height="1" width="1"/

FORTUNE -- Over the past few months, a spate of good news about the U.S. housing market has led some to think a recovery is finally on the horizon.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/mYn08DRpcic" height="1" width="1"/

Just 302,000 new homes were sold in 2011, 6.2% below 2010 and the lowest number of annual sales since the government started tracking home sales in 1963.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/KVnRZS2LjEE" height="1" width="1"/

Sales of homes in foreclosure comprised 20% of all U.S. residential sales during the third quarter, according to RealtyTrac.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/fyeZPQIR_sQ" height="1" width="1"/

Out of all of the presidential candidates, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney owns the most real estate -- even after unloading a couple of sizable properties.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/y4xQVaFgsns" height="1" width="1"/

A new special task force to investigate and prosecute those responsible for bad mortgages during the housing boom will be part of President Obama's 2012 agenda.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/xl3yAZEn7Co" height="1" width="1"/

President Obama is expected to once again offer ways to help the beleaguered housing market in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/0AMOjYNKWZk" height="1" width="1"/

A three-bedroom home for $15,000? These foreclosed homes may be in some of the U.S.'s hardest hit neighborhoods, but the deals may be too good for some buyers to pass up.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/F9U5l8Cncyo" height="1" width="1"/