Prospects for a Senate deal to extend the homebuyer tax credit remain good. But details still need to be worked out, and worries about its cost and effectiveness are weighing on some lawmakers’ minds.

The housing market remains in the dumps, but that hasn’t prevented the National Association of Home Builders from introducing a fresh logo as...

The $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit may have been used by tens of thousands of people who weren’t supposed to receive it, an Internal Revenue Service watchdog official told a Congressional hearing on Thursday. Russell George, who serve...

Another mortgage lender that specializes in loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration is coming under...

The nation’s top housing official expressed doubt over the need to extend the $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers, and said that the Obama administration was reviewing...