From cooking to custom cars, TV is full of "how-to" shows. But if you're hunting for a house, don't take HGTV's 'House Hunters' too seriously.
A respected analyst warns of worse housing chaos if action is not taken soon.
Zillow says homes lost $681 billion this year. The good news: Losses are slowing and some believe the worst may be over.
Today's version of that wonderful holiday classic wouldn't turn out quite the same way.
New details suggest the government's latest mortgage program -- HARP 2.0 -- won't make refinancing easy for underwater homeowners.
Government inquiry led to action in shutting down 500 suspected mortgage-modification fraud advertising online.
A flurry of refinancing follows, but vast numbers of 'underwater' loans continue to weigh down the housing market.
The number of American homeowners with negative equity is up to 28.6%, but foreclosures are down, according to Zillow.
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