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Publicly traded real estate investment trusts could benefit from a decision by major stock indices to break out real estate securities into their own,...

Real estate investment trusts had a bit of a rough year despite the surge in the wider market, but a change in policy at...

The possible scaling back — or elimination — of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act at the end of the year could lead...

Standard & Poor’s gave a higher credit rating to a set of bonds tied to homeowners with below average credit and just 3.4 percent...

Standard & Poor’s today downgraded Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to AA+ from AAA+ following its downgrade of the U.S. credit rating this past...

For the first time in 11 months, U.S. housing prices increased month-over-month for a second consecutive time in May 2011, according to the latest...

U.S. home prices appear to have turned a corner this spring after a year’s worth of declines, but whether the housing market has truly...

National housing prices have hit a new low, and economists believe the descent is far from over. House prices fell 4.2 percent in the...

New York City-area home prices remained relatively flat in January, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, released today. The report, which does not...

At age 68, longtime private detective Jules Kroll is breaking into the credit-rating business with an eye toward besting his besieged competitors with old-fashioned...

Fitch Ratings has handed MetLife, the largest U.S. life insurer, a downgrade to A from A+ on potential losses tied to commercial real estate...

Following yesterday’s release of the S&P/Case-Shiller housing data, CNBC sat down with Cliff Draughn, president and CIO of Excelsia Investment Advisors, and Todd Colvin,...

Average home prices improved for the second consecutive quarter nationwide in the third quarter this year, according to a S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices report...

Home prices in many U.S. metropolitan areas are nearing so-called “bubble territory,” according to Robert Shiller, co-founder of the Case-Shiller home price index. Home...

New York metropolitan area home prices have improved, but still haven’t seen the solid increases of some other markets around the country, according to...