property prices

Home sales have started to rebound, with half the nation's markets experiencing price gains in the last quarter of 2010. They weren't great gains, but they were progress. Here's what the latest moves mean for buyers, for sellers and for the U.S. economy.

China's central government is fighting hard to put the brakes on its white-hot real estate market before a catastrophic bust hits. But Beijing's efforts to check speculation are failing because of who is busy fueling it: China's local governments.