After Years of False Hopes, Signs of a Turn in Housing
Roughly six years after the housing market began its longest and deepest slide since the Great Depression, home sales and an increase in sales prices indicate that the market is recovering.
YOUR MONEY: Hope and Frustration in New U.S. Effort to Help Homeowners
Despite some problems with lenders, a new version of the HARP federal refinancing program offers less restrictive rules — but the success of the program remains to be seen.