March existing-home sales numbers out Thursday bolstered optimism that spring has finally sprung for housing. Or that, at least, it won’t get any worse.

“The plunge is over,” said one economist. But “recovery is elusive,” said another. And a report from Fitch said we’ll…

More signs that the housing slump may be easing, or at least not getting much worse, came out this morning from the National Association of Realtors.

They reported existing home sales down 3 percent from February, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, and down…

First you boom. Then you bust. And both trends tend to get exaggerated.

That’s what’s been happening in the housing market, and happened at quite a fast pace in the fourth quarter, according to a new report out today from IHS Global…

The other day, a thread on Building Blocks morphed into a debate on the merits of big vs. small in housing.

So, when we came across this post over at Boston Real Estate Now - the real estate blog of the Boston Globe…

Monday, we reported that median home prices for February fell again across much of the region. Today, we take a look at what, exactly, those prices would buy you in different parts of the St. Louis region.

We start our tour in…

On Saturday, I stopped by this auction of bank-owned homes at the Millennium Hotel downtown. It’s quite a scene.

A standing-room-only crowd of real estate bargain hunters. Fast-talking auctioneers in tuxedos shouting their calls. And house after house after house going for…

Is that a ray of sunshine poking through in the housing market? It is spring, after all.

We got some new data this morning on February existing home sales, both nationally and in the St. Louis area. And while things certainly…

Update your rolodexes: A big St. Charles County homebuilder is changing names, and leadership.

Manlin Homes will re-name itself Payne Family Homes, the company said in a news release today. Why? Manlin is leaving, and Payne taking the helm.

Michael Manlin, who…

If you haven’t seen yet, a new batch of existing home-sales data came out today from the National Association of Realtors. Sales fell, again, down 5.3 percent from December and by 8.3 percent compared to January of last year.

Here in St.…

Like much of the rest of the country, the St. Louis area saw housing get more affordable at the end of 2008, according to a new survey out from Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders.

Despite rising unemployment, home…