Some lawmakers questioned Thursday the Federal Reserve's move to keep interest rates low until 2014, saying it brings a risk of higher inflation and stymies economic growth.

Too many big houses are occupying the country's landscape as more consumers shift their preferences toward condos, apartments, and smaller homes, planners said at a smart growth conference this week.

Several mortgage insurers have removed another barrier in short sales that could speed approval of short sales on Fannie-backed loans.

Mortgage rates once again inched lower this week, lowering the cost of borrowing and increasing housing affordability.

Home prices nationwide dropped nearly 5 percent last year, but if you exclude distressed sales, prices dropped only by 0.9 percent, a new study from CoreLogic finds.

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