The House on Thursday passed a massive homeowner rescue plan to provide cheaper, government-backed mortgages to half a million debt-ridden borrowers and bolster an economy crippled by the housing crisis. ...more

May 9, 2008

President Bush and Congress are clashing over how to address the housing crisis, clouding the prospects of an election-year rescue package. ...more

May 8, 2008

Pending home sales dropped to a new low in March, an industry group said Wednesday, signaling the housing slump has yet to bottom out even as the spring sell season gets under way. ...more

May 8, 2008

A top real estate economist offered shell-shocked Tampa Realtors a hint of optimism Wednesday, saying the Bay area housing market should begin to improve in the second half of the year. ...more

May 8, 2008

TAMPA -- A top real estate economist offered shell-shocked Tampa Realtors a hint of optimism today, saying the Bay area housing market should begin to improve in the second half of the year. Home sales and prices, which have been battered in recent months, should stabilize and then begin to rise in 2009, predicted Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors. ...more

May 7, 2008

President Bush, acknowledging that the country is suffering through a period of economic uncertainty, on Monday called on Congress to do more to help people and businesses hurt by the housing slump and credit crunch. ...more

February 12, 2008

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Tuesday the Bush administration is exploring what would be a significant expansion of the program to help at-risk mortgage holders. ...more

January 9, 2008

The Senate moved Friday against the worsening mortgage crisis, voting to make it easier for thousands of homeowners with ballooning interest rates to refinance into federally insured loans. ...more

December 15, 2007

The Bush administration agreed to delay enforcing a new rule that will let the government charge higher premiums on mortgages it insures for borrowers with poor credit. ...more

December 5, 2007

TAMPA - Suddenly, it seems that every charming, affable actor from the 1960s and '70s is pitching something called a reverse mortgage. ...more

November 17, 2007