Research Briefs

By Eric Pryne. Prices were up 4.8 percent from September 2011, setting yet another post-bubble record. All signs point to steady recovery in the housing market.

By Richard Green. Housing helped wreck the economy, and housing recovery will be necessary to restore the economy.

Reporter: Laurel Erickson. Is Southern California's housing market finally headed for recovery?

By Pete Carey. As Congress looks for new sources of revenue to deal with the looming "fiscal cliff," a popular ingredient of the American dream could be on the chopping block.

By Terry Ross.

By Michele Lerner. Unfortunately, a history of paying your mortgage on time isn't enough to qualify you for a refinance.

By Adam Nagourney. After nearly five years of brutal economic decline, government retrenchment and a widespread loss of confidence in its future, California is showing the first signs of a rebound.

By Jeff Collins.

By Adam Nagourney. After nearly five years of brutal economic decline, government retrenchment and a widespread loss of confidence in its future, California is showing tentative signs of a rebound. There is evidence of job growth, economic stability, a re

By Alan Zibel. Could the talks to avoid the "fiscal cliff" place the popular mortgage-interest deduction in the cross hairs?