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  Poll: House of the Week

  Vote for your favorite house.

• Sales Stir Hope for Housing Market

  Sales of previously owned homes rose in December for the third straight month, bringing the supply of homes listed for sale to the lowest level since 2006.

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  Homeowners Stop Waiting to Spruce Up

  Americans are stepping up spending on home improvements for the first time in years, giving a small lift to the beleaguered construction sector.

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  Carnegie Hill Brownstone Renovation

  After buying this four-story brownstone on Manhattan's Upper East Side, the owner gut renovated the space and brought in artisans to help in the reconstruction.

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  Marriott Delivers Late Editions

  Marriott has been trying—and failing—for more than four years to build a brand of hip hotels. Now, it finally may be breathing some life into the Edition brand, its competitor to the stylish W chain.

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  Casino Debtholders Fight On

  A fight has broken out over a deeply discounted planned sale of $150 million in debt backed by a Las Vegas area resort and casino.

• Foreigners Snap Up Swiss Houses

  With average house prices nearing 800,000 francs, the Swiss residential real-estate market continues to boom.

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  Fannie, Freddie Face Pay Cuts

  Regulators will sharply cut the pay of the new chief executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which may make it difficult for the struggling mortgage-finance giants to attract and keep qualified CEOs.

• Return of the Reverse Mortgage

  Converting home equity into cash has been a challenge for homeowners since the real-estate downturn, but a growing number of lenders are quietly reviving a loan for seniors that does just that: the reverse mortgage.

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  A Globe-Trotter's New York Pad

  The larger-than-life SoHo duplex of a hotelier and party-circuit fixture.

  • Photos: A Hotelier's New York Bachelor Pad
  • Video: Vikram Chatwal's Grown Up Bachelor Pad

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  Large Stores in Zoning Crosshairs

  A proliferation of banks and chain stores on New York's Upper West side has prompted the city to change to zoning regulations that would severely curtail the size of most future storefronts in the neighborhood.

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  Fannie CEO Williams to Resign

  Fannie Mae Chief Executive Michael J. Williams announced his resignation and said he would leave the company as soon as the mortgage-finance giant's board names a successor.

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  Spanish Banks Build Housing

  Spanish banks, which played a big role in the country's housing bust, are continuing to fund new real-estate projects despite a huge glut in unsold homes.

  • Spanish Home Building Rises Despite Surplus

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  Framing a Case for Home Builders

  It is beginning to look as if this will be the year when some housing bulls are actually right—with the caveat that, as always with real estate, location matters.

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  Fed Up With the State of Housing

  In charging into the housing debate, the Fed runs the risk of politicizing itself, while also sending mixed signals to banks still trying to find their postcrisis feet.

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  For Malls, Occupancy Firms Up

• Who Gets the Vacation Home?

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  Houston Has No Love for Admired Tower

• A Loft in San Francisco

• Bunny Mellon Lists in Cape Cod

• A Home Sale Blows Up

• Midcentury Made Modern

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  Businesses Take Up More Space

• Mortgage Rates Hold Near Lows

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  China's Property Malaise Ripples Wider

• Fewer Property Deals Being Done in Hong Kong

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  Carlyle Raises $2.34 Billion for Fund

• China Home Prices Fall Again

House of the Day

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  Carnegie Hill Brownstone Renovation

  After buying this four-story brownstone on Manhattan's Upper East Side, the owner gut renovated the space and brought in artisans to help in the reconstruction.

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  Rebuilt Traditional Home

  This seven-bedroom house with swimming pool and 14 acres of land near Salisbury in southwest England was entirely refurbished in 2000.