2007 was the year of the Blog....2008 was the year of Social Media....and 2009 will be the year of the Video in the world or Real Estate 2.0.

When Vasco and Mrjama Lukic's American housing dream turned into a nightmare, they managed to escape through a long and complicated process known as a "short sale."

The Yugoslavian-born couple and their sons built a home in West Orange, N.J., where they hoped to settle and enjoy the fruits of many hard hours of labor.

The Federal Reserve said Friday it has approved final mortgage-disclosure rules aimed at making sure consumers receive cost information earlier in the application process.

A Senate Banking Committee vote to confirm David H. Stevens as head of the Federal Housing Administration was postponed yesterday after concerns were raised about lawsuits involving Long & Foster, the Washington-area real estate brokerage where Stevens has been president for seven months.

Despite a decline in March, the annual rate remains above what economists expect after an even stronger than originally reported February.