The thousands of tourists who flock to the Empire State Building every year may soon be able to buy a chunk of it for themselves.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/08vY7TkBaJU" height="1" width="1"/

The federal government is cracking down on scammers who target struggling homeowners looking to lower their monthly mortgage payments.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/5BpBbDm0ncs" height="1" width="1"/

Homebuyers scooped up more previously owned homes in October, slowly putting a dent in the huge inventory on the market, an industry report showed Monday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/KgV5Qxg0vkw" height="1" width="1"/

Home foreclosure filings rose in the third quarter, as recent declines in the rate of new foreclosures came to an end, according to an industry trade group.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/bIk9jhI2ZfY" height="1" width="1"/

Permits for housing construction climbed in October, signaling an uptick in optimism among homebuilders.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/Dnew7mjbKC4" height="1" width="1"/

Last year the economic forecasting firm Fiserv predicted that home values would sink around 5% in 2011, and that prices in three-quarters of the nation's major metro areas would fall. The bad news is, the firm wasn't that far off the mark. The good news: In the coming year, Fiserv thinks 95% of the 384 metro areas it tracks will see prices rise.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/RQBhmwrxc7E" height="1" width="1"/

Agricultural land value is soaring in the Midwest, with parts of the region surging 25% from last year, according to two recent Federal Reserve surveys. The jump is the highest increase in three decades.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/0Sougb6CVfU" height="1" width="1"/

Continued trouble in the housing market has further eroded the Federal Housing Administration's reserves, leaving it with a very thin cushion to protect it against future financial losses.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/_x1Dm9UJ-do" height="1" width="1"/

The Help Desk responds to a reader who wants to know whether it makes sense to drop $40,000 in order to refinance a rental house and save on mortgage costs.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/mVesoUC6XUM" height="1" width="1"/

From renovated jumbo jets to converted schoolhouses, these nine unique hotel options offer something strange for everyone.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/7gmYOHuZ64U" height="1" width="1"/