I know where to get a guaranteed 6 percent return on savings, with no brokerage commissions, bank fees or worries that the Feds are going to have to swoop in and take over the failed institution that has my money. I’m putting whatever extra cash I can find into paying off my mortgage early.

Q: I don’t want to continue renting, but I make only $30,000 annually and don’t have a lot of money for a down payment. My credit score is over 800, and I’m self-employed.

When buildings receive media attention, why do the architects who design them often go unmentioned?

The two biggest sources of mortgages for American home buyers plan to raise their base fees to counter what they call continuing “adverse conditions” in the real estate market.

Juan Carlos Martinez and his wife, Elia, entered La Fondita Restaurant in the heart of Edmonston for lunch on a recent Saturday.

Home sellers could save money by thinking of real estate commissions as an agent’s asking price. It’s something that’s open to negotiation.

James Austin was stunned when a real estate agent showed up to snap photos of the house he was renting last year and casually informed him the place was in foreclosure.

Q In a recent column about listing agreements, you wrote that you never advise sellers to sign an agreement longer than 90 days. This poses a problem for me.

PARK CITY, Utah — With the developer forced into bankruptcy court, Hugh Smith worries about the $1 million he and a partner sunk into bare lots at Promontory, a half-built, sprawling residence club in a town saturated with second homes for the wealthy.

Deep in the nearly 700 pages of the new housing bill is a complicated change in the tax code that could affect substantial numbers of people who purchase second homes or investment real estate in the coming decade with an eye to occupying those homes as their main residence later.