Housing market

As car makers report higher sales, a strengthening housing market can play a role.

The housing market is on its way to a recovery, and data released later today is expected to show home prices are continuing to rise.

A long-time real estate agent in New Orleans talks about the strides made and the challenges being faced in the housing market there.

Why the reason for the jump in home prices and has the housing market really rebounded?

Housing prices continue to firm up, but banks still aren’t confident in the housing or job markets to loan to anyone but the safest borrowers.

Groundbreaking on new homes jumped up last month at the fastest pace in three years. Housing starts were up 6.9 percent from May and 24 percent from a year ago.

This morning the Labor Department reported the number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell by 26,000 last week to 350,000, the best number since March of 2008. Analysts point to the auto industry's seasonal production schedule as the source of the weekly dip.

We're getting some new data this morning about the housing market. The foreclosure listing company RealtyTrac says there was an uptick in foreclosure activity last month, but it's down compared with a year ago. Which brings us to the eternal question: Has the housing market finally hit bottom?

The latest news in the housing market: New home construction fell last month, but building permits were up to their highest level since 2008.

Housing prices in March were up a tiny bit from the month before, but it is the first time in seven months that the data hasn't shown a decline.