The REALTOR® Nationwide Open House event takes place April 28 and 29, and real estate professionals are preparing to open the doors to buyers and sellers across the country with thousands of open houses. 

"We believe 2012 could be a record year for short sales," says a vice president of RealtyTrac.

Living near the best public schools can bump up your home values. A new study from Brookings Institution finds how much of an impact it can have.

Real estate agents earned a place on U.S. News and World Report's recent compilation of the best business jobs, alongside such other professions as human resources specialists and meeting, convention, and event planners.

After reaching or hovering near all-time lows last week, fixed-rate mortgages edged up slightly. 

A gay-friendly affordable housing development is scheduled to break ground in the fall in Philadelphia, noted as the first of its kind to be financed completely with public money.

That’s the question most home buyers and sellers want to know. So have they? Read what one group of analysts say.

For the first time since October 2011, 30-year mortgage rates took a big leap upward, rising above the 4 percent threshold. 

Bank of America announced this week that it will make an offer to a select group of its borrowers who face foreclosure: You can stay in the property, but you’ll have to rent it instead.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reportedly are in talks with their regulator to allow principal write-downs in order to minimize losses and prevent foreclosures.

Where’s the perfect places to live in wedded bliss? A new survey reveals the best places to settle down after the wedding. 

Something didn’t seem right to one real estate agent when he peeked inside a window of a vacant listing. His hunch proved correct.