Tom Kelly

A nationwide panel of more than 100 professional forecasters expects home values to end 2013 up an average of 4.6 percent and rise cumulatively by 22 percent, on average, over the next five years, according to a first-quarter survey by Seattle-based Zillow.

Fannie Mae reported its share of lower down payment loans is on the rise as FHA-which used to be one of the only agencies to offer low down payment loans-is seeing its market share shrink as it raises its premiums.

While homeowners who refinanced in the fourth quarter of 2012 were able to trim their interest rate by about 1.8 percentage points on average, many are unaware that the amount they can deduct on their Internal Revenue Service return is set at acquisition debt - the amount of debt in place when the home is acquired - minus amounts already paid on the loan.

Looking to benefit from rising home values, credit card lender Discover Financial Services announced it will begin offering home-equity loans in the second half of this year.

Several economists have recently revised their predictions on housing values to reflect a stronger-than-expected real estate rebound.

Homeowners who once lost their home to foreclosure have returned to the market, eager to buy once again.

Federal Reserve research shows that steady home appreciation and surging stocks have finally allowed Americans to recover the $16 trillion in wealth they lost during the Great Recession.

Remember when online mortgages were a tiny piece of the national loan picture?

Home prices are expected to continue their trajectory upward, projected to rise 3.7 percent between the third quarters of 2013 and 2014, according to Fiserv, which used data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency for its projection.

While closed sales in February jumped more than 9 percent from a year ago and median sales prices are up 13 percent, low inventories are hampering activity, according to new figures from Northwest Multiple Listing Service.

Young home buyers are making up their smallest share in the housing market in more than a decade, and a new report blames it on rising student loan debt.

Home values could surge 35 percent without stretching housing affordability, Raj Dosaj, vice president of the home price index at LPS Applied Analytics, said during a recent webinar hosted by HousingWire.

Homeowners who faced a wrongful foreclosure will receive compensation from lenders in amounts ranging from a few hundred dollars up to $125,000 beginning in April, federal regulators revealed.

If interior painting is on your list of spring projects, think twice about what you put on the walls.

The across-the-board budget cuts enacted into law in 2011 to reduce the federal deficit take effect Friday, March 1, absent additional action by the government.

Former homeowners who once walked away from their homes in a move called "strategic default" are back on the market, eager to buy a home again.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development says it is investigating dozens of complaints that mortgage lenders are allegedly denying or delaying loans because a woman is on maternity leave.

As of June 3, 2013, most FHA loans will again require mortgage insurance for the life of the loan.

Home shoppers have long paid attention to the smell of a home, but new research suggests that some common scents can actually be a drawback.

Seattle-based Zillow announced the launch of Zillow Rentals on iPad, specifically designed to help consumers shop for apartment rentals and single-family home rentals.

After a meteor struck western Siberia and more meteors threatened the entire globe last week, CNNMoney asked the question: Who pays for damage to a home if hit by a space object?

As the housing market heats up, home builders are going after open land.

Qualifying for a loan isn't easy for most borrowers nowadays but it's particularly difficult for vacation-homebuyers who are finding tougher underwriting requirements and other obstacles.

ZipRealty, a real estate brokerage company, is finding more housing markets starting to tilt in sellers' favors.