Five years into a housing meltdown, questions are coming up about how long some publicly held home builders can survive without significant improvement in the market.

If the Obama administration really wants to save the housing market, it should speed up the foreclosure process – not prolong the inevitable.

Historically low mortgage rates aren't enough to make up for a struggling economy as potential home buyers continue to sit on the sidelines. And those who already own a home aren't trying to refinance, either.

Toll Brothers' fiscal third-quarter earnings jumped 54 percent with a boost from a bigger tax benefit, but the home builder saw a double-digit drop in revenue as home deliveries fell.

The blog 24/7 Wall St. examined the number of new housing permits for the first half of the year to find the states with the lowest demand for new homes. New York, Michigan, and Illinois all made the top 10. Find out which state had the lowest percentage

Sales of new homes fell 1 percent in June, slipping for the second month in a row.

After three consecutive years of record-low construction levels, the vigor of the recovery in housing now hinges on a return of demand, according to the State of the Nation’s Housing report released this morning by the Harvard University Joint Center f

Builders that purchase labor and material on bid price alone are guaranteed only that they will never operate by lowest total cost

Mortgage rates rose for the fourth straight week, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey of mortgage rates.