The number of homes sold will decline less sharply this year than last year, while price appreciation will gain steam. The median sales price for existing homes is predicted to reach $225,300 nationally.

The number of people living without permanent shelter has nearly doubled in the state since 1999, caused partly by a housing boom that raised land prices more than five times the national average. Plus, charts on Hawaii's housing market and a photo slideshow on its working poor.

The housing bubble has burst. But even in today's uncertain climate, novice investors can make money, especially in smaller properties that are easy to acquire and manage. Here's a look at some of the options.

This Sunbelt city has long been linked to sprawl and traffic jams. Now several huge mixed-use construction projects seek to remake the city's landscape. The new developments aim to create neighborhoods as swank and walkable as some sections of New York and Chicago.

This week's focus on news from across the Web takes a look at home features that could make or break the sale of your house, a trailer-park town in Florida where residents stand to make millions, why median prices have jumped at least 40% in one Connecticut county and why South Korean nationals are snatching up U.S. property.

Interest-rate cuts are not on the table a Federal Reserve official says. While comparatively low long-term rates are supporting the housing market, they could rise if short-term rates fail to follow a downward path, Vice Chairman Donald Kohn says.

There's still plenty of money to be made in real estate. In an excerpt from "The Wall Street Journal Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook," we take a look how to do it and include pointers on the basics of property investing.