The S&P Case-Shiller Home Indices showed a national decline, but eight cities are showing positive rebounds from their earlier lows

Based on quantitative and qualitative research on the future of homeownership, real-estate experts at John Burns Real Estate Consulting predict that the national homeownership rate is likely to fall 8 percentage points, from 70 percent in 2005 to 62 perc

The U.S. housing industry scored a victory after the House and Senate voted to raise the size of mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration to $729,750.

William Lyon Homes, the Newport Beach, Calif.-based developer, announced last week that it will file for bankruptcy protection.

KB Home is making solar power a standard home feature in most of its Southern California developments.

New homes for multigenerational families are a category that increased by 30 percent from 2000 to 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau

Toll Brothers announced last week that Zvi Barzilay, 65, its chief operating officer and president, will be retiring effective December 31, 2011. He will be succeeded by Richard T. Hartman.

NVR announced that it will move into the single-family market in Ashburn, Va., with the construction of new luxury homes.

Toll Brothers announced its entry into the Seattle market through the acquisition of the assets and operations of CamWest Development.