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Check out the photos of all the fun and fashion at the 24th Annual Bailey House Auction & Party where nearly a thousand altruistic New Yorkers raised more than $500,000 to help those living with HIV/AIDS.

The American dream of homeownership has felt its biggest drop since the Great Depression, according to new 2010 census figures.

Consider foreclosure-ravaged Detroit. In the historic Green Acres district, a haven for hipsters, a pristine, three-bedroom brick Tudor recently sold for $6,000 - about what a buyer would have paid during the Great Depression.

Foreclosures made up roughly one-third of all home sales this spring. While that’s a smaller share of sales from the previous quarter, it’s six times the percentage of foreclosures in a healthy housing market.

A recent Canadian study indicates that gay couples and single parents are more likely to face discrimination when house hunting

Cuba’s informal real-estate bazaar is where a chronic housing shortage brings everyone together to strike deals that often involve thousands of dollars in under-the-table payments. They’re breaking not just the law but communist doctrine.

The housing market could gradually begin to emerge from its doldrums this year, industry experts said Wednesday, but their forecast depends on a steady ramp-up in hiring and for the U.S. jobless rate to get no worse than it is right now.

Congress sent President Barack Obama a plan to give homebuyers an extra three months to finish qualifying for federal tax incentives that boosted home sales this spring. The House approved the measure on Tuesday and the Senate approved it Wednesday night. Obama is expected to sign it shortly.

Should I rent or buy is the age-old real estate quandary. The answer: it depends where you live (or want to). Here’s the low-down on EDGE cities and beyond.

A now-expired homebuyer tax credit and low mortgage rates helped boost sales of previously occupied homes in April. The improvements aren’t likely to last. Read more...