The IRS has created a new "safe harbor" that allows vacation home owners to exchange their mixed-use properties and still receive 1031 treatment. Here are some of the rules you must follow for this exchange, reports Smart Money.

WSJ reports that the good side of the real estate crisis is that it allows some people to buy houses and become homeowners.

Land contract or Contract for Deed means a contract whereby the owner or seller of the real estate property finances the buyer to purchase of the property.

Unusual weather patterns and problems in the subprime lending marketplace are creating challenges in assessing housing market conditions, but a recovery in the housing and real estate markets is likely this year, according to the latest forecast by the National Association of Realtors®.