These three articles examine the impact of real estate decisions on property owners and buyers.

Real estate agents receive a commission in exchange for helping buyers and sellers. Here's a look at real estate fees and who pays them.

Housing costs have a significant impact on individuals, families, businesses, and governments. Recently, online companies such as Zillow have developed proprietary systems that provide automated ...

Local governments, school systems and churches often have a lot of real estate on the books but turning it into cash, when ...

Although vacancy rates remain high when compared to historical performance, net absorption is showing a rebound. Here's ...

In summary, the U.S. housing market is set for a slow, grinding recovery, with buyers facing persistent affordability challenges and rents ticking upward because of the ongoing freeze in for-sale ...

Some agents blame the cool, rainy spring weather and others say it was economic uncertainty, but either way, the Jersey Shore ...

The rise in investor home purchases reflects how much the housing market has slowed as traditional buyers are sidelined, ...

Chinese housing prices rose by over 10 percent per year in real terms between 2003 and 2014, and are now between two and ten times higher than the construction cost of apartments. At the same time, ...