Sure, you order takeout three nights a week, and preparing a burger tests the limits of your culinary know-how. But that doesn't mean you don't need and deserve a spacious kitchen. After all, the kitchen has evolved from a room where food is prepared to the hub of a house, where you do everything from eating casual meals to paying the bills and helping Junior with his algebra homework. Read more…

Bar mortgage brokers from getting bonuses to sign up borrowers for more costly loans. Force lenders to verify whether consumers are able to repay loans. Read more…

Existing home sales sank 8 percent last month, to the lowest pace on record, according to the latest reading on the state of the battered real estate market released Wednesday. Read more…

Opposition to development has become a growth industry. Read more…

Lend a hand to distressed homeowners? No way, say many, who worry the tab will come out of their pockets as taxpayers. Read more…

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As housing markets deteriorated over the summer, and a liquidity squeeze buffeted credit markets, delinquencies and defaults jumped. And now one forecast predicts that these numbers will climb even higher over the next six months. Read more…

The last time Sabrina Williams sold a home herself, she received a solid offer the first week, got her asking price of $319,000 and saved nearly $9,000 in broker fees in the process. Snap, just like that. Read more…

Americans will spend less on home renovations in 2007 than in recent years, according to a report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University. Read more…

About $50 billion in adjustable rate mortgages reset this month, driving interest rates up for many borderline borrowers. And despite efforts to raise awareness, it doesn't look like anyone is really prepared for what's to come. Read more…