While they remain down 24.4% year over year, home sales in February increased 16.8% from January, according to a monthly report from RE/MAX.  The national real estate company said the nearly 17% jump was the largest month-over-month increase in 11 months and ended a five-mo...

Affordability is the biggest challenge facing the U.S. housing market, according to strategists with Goldman Sachs Research.  In a report included in its Briefings newsletter, the strategists said the Goldman Sachs Housing Affordability Index — which measures the extent to ...