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Choosing the ideal house for you and your family is one part of the searching process, but you also have to make sure you move into the right neighborhood.

Many potential home buyers are hesitant about buying a home in this economic climate. Are their hesitations unfounded?

If you've been renting, waiting for the housing market to collapse, the last week is good news for you. Houses are about to get a whole lot more affordable.

Citibank reported earnings today that beat pretty low expectations. The most interesting thing about the story from my perspective was that it did so by paying less for deposits.

Think most stock pros know what they are doing in these times of uncertainty - NOT. Read on.

The government finally stepped in and seized Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, putting it out of its housing bubble induced misery. Everyone stands to benefit except for the US taxpayer, who is now on the hook for billions.

How will the seizure of Fannie and Freddie impact you in your day-to-day lives? Read on.

Savings and CD rates dropped last week while mortgage rates rose, reflecting the steepening of the Treasury yield curve. The Fed continues to hold short and medium term rates low and longer-term rates are responding to inflation fears.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, in a speech to the American Economic Association said that the low rate policy of the Fed in 2001-2004 played only a small role in the housing bubble. What were the culprits? Lax regulation, lax underwriting, and global capital flows.