Housing market

New construction on apartments and single family houses reached its highest point in September in more than four years. New mortgage applications for home purchases were also up last week.

Republicans have been calling it the weakest recovery in U.S. history, but comparing recessions and recoveries has become incredibly controversial because, as in the case of much of economics, it all depends.

This afternoon the Federal Reserve will release the Beige Book -- it's summary of economic conditions across various regions of the country,

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.