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WSJ's Candace Jackson visits the News Hub to detail some very glamorous homes being scooped up by foreign buyers. Homebuyers from Russia and Brazil are leading the way back into the luxury home market. Photo: REUTERS/Rebecca Cook.

WSJ's Mitra Kalita reports more and more homebuyers are selling investments to pay cash for real estate, sensing a bottom in the housing market.

As housing prices drop, mortgage lenders are requiring larger downpayments on homes. Kelsey Hubbard talks to WSJ's Mitra Kalita about what the changes mean for consumers.

Some tactics can help homes sell quickly, but others can stall or derail a sale.

Nick Timiraos discusses worry among economists that the housing market could be headed toward another downdraft as mortgage lenders tighten credit.

Nick Timiraos says higher mortgage rates, soaring due to rising Treasury yields, are likely to hurt any housing recovery.

Despite the current housing slump, a small but growing group of developers and investors is building multimillion-dollar mega-mansions for wealthy potential buyers who've never seen them. Candace Jackson explains why.

12/28/2010 3:24:37 PM WSJ's Mitra Kalita discusses October's U.S. housing price decline with Yale University economics professor Robert J. Shiller, who says the struggling housing market will likely continue to weigh on the overall economy.

Juliet Chung discusses developers of high-end vacation homes, which are building smaller, less expensive houses in resort communities as home sales slump in major markets across the country.

t's three years since the economy began to collapse and WSJ's David Wessel says two points are now irrefutable: the situation would be far worse without the government stimulus and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be the greatest drain on taxpayers.

U.S. home prices rose in May for the second straight month, according to the latest report from S&P/Case-Shiller. Is this the beginning of a sustained recovery in housing? Reporters Nick Timiraos and Robbie Whelan weigh in.