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The housing market crash has made millions of people reassess their choice of whether to rent or own their home. If you're trying to decide which course is right for you, DailyFinance breaks down the major factors you should consider in our new series, Is It Worth It?

Modern couples are bringing more assets into their marriages -- and more liabilities too including credit card debt, student loans and mortgages. It may be unromantic, and the subject of a prenuptial agreement is fraught with emotional peril, but here's why it's worth discussing.

Some recent reports on the real estate market show home prices starting to stabilize in many areas. Other data suggests the housing market has further to fall. But whichever direction the numbers are heading, there are few tenets that smart buyers and sellers should always follow.

Banks created the Mortgage Electronic Registration System to save themselves a boatload in fees by keeping mortgage transfers off the books of local governments. Now, a New York judge says the whole system violates state law, and banks holding MERS mortgages there can't foreclose. Where will this disaster go from here?

Despite new federal laws designed to protect them, many tenants are caught up in foreclosure dramas as building owners struggle to keep their properties. If the real estate market doesn't improve soon, the problem could get even worse.

Allied Irish Banks (AIB) announced a steep increase in first-half losses on provisions for past-due property loans. The net loss in the first half of the year was 1.73 billion euros, compared with a loss of 786 million euros in the first half of 2009, The Wall Street Journal said. Operating...

Following the Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus world view, it turns out home buyers do divide along gender lines, but not always in the ways you might expect. Or so a new survey from ZipRealty.com has found. Men were more significantly more likely than women to want a room with a view and...

Average Joe, seeking to save his house by getting a loan modification, knows that that process is about as easy as getting Congress to pass health care legislation. So imagine a scenario under which investors may, for $99.95 per month, peruse lists of foreclosed homes they can buy at bulk-buyers'...

The house sits behind an upholstery shop on the corner, and while I'm too young to know for sure, I'll bet the upholstery shop has thrived since the streetcar ran down Gladstone Street in the 1950s. The house, like mine, was built in the first few decades of the 20th century. An old grande dame,...

For sale: Three-bedroom homes with heart-stopping ocean views. Big properties. Resort nearby. Price: $139,000 Location: Not the Hamptons (or Malibu or Palm Beach) What, you thought it was 1950? No matter. If you're willing to fly to Managua, Nicaragua, and make the two-hour trek to lovely San...