With the economy in turmoil and mortgage money tight, it's not easy to buy a home these days, especially for young adults. Many are getting helping hands from their parents.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/npWsH_Ztp9U" height="1" width="1"/

Housing markets, which had seemed to be slowly gathering strength earlier this year, fell for the sixth straight month in October, down 1.2% compared with September and 3.4% from 12 months earlier.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/5ncuAy5-GDQ" height="1" width="1"/

The modest housing market winning streak continued as the Census Bureau reported Friday that sales of new homes rose again in November to an annualized rate of 315,000.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/4JCu_z3VT38" height="1" width="1"/

Happy holidays, homebuyers! You just got a very nice present.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/HJ_-o6opKLY" height="1" width="1"/

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged six former executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with securities fraud on Friday for misrepresenting their holdings of high-risk mortgage loans.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/RTieQfQN4BU" height="1" width="1"/

Existing home sales during the housing bust were actually 14.3% worse than previously reported, a revision to Realtors' group numbers shows.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/8oocZfZt-4w" height="1" width="1"/

Nearly five years into the crisis, just how badly are foreclosures still hurting the housing market?img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/sZKMoC69x5Q" height="1" width="1"/

Home building spiked up in November to the strongest level in almost two years, as record-low mortgage rates and a surge in apartment and condo construction lifted activity.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/Hs1I8hrP9jw" height="1" width="1"/

Foreclosure filings may have fallen in November but the number of homes scheduled for bank auctions grew significantly, indicating that a new wave of foreclosures are set to take place in the New Year.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/G8UCzqSWPUc" height="1" width="1"/

If you thought the U.S. housing market couldn't get much worse, think again.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_realestate/~4/nLad2g3gNgE" height="1" width="1"/