NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. single-family home prices rose in May from April, the first monthly increase in nearly three years, suggesting prices may be stabilizing, according to Standard & Poor’s/Case Shiller home price indexes on Tuesday.  Read more…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new single-family homes in the United States rose more than expected in June, while the inventory of homes for sale fell to a more than 11-year low, government data showed on Monday.  Read more…

By Patrick Rucker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pending sales of previously owned U.S. homes shot up by 6.7 percent in April, the biggest monthly gain in 7-1/2 years, according to a report on Tuesday that buttressed views the U.S. recession was easing.
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Lower prices and attractive mortgage rates are breathing new life into housing, with one measure of sales posting its fourth increase in the last five months.
Pending sales of existing homes, or contracts signed but not closed, rose 6.7 percent in April, according to the National Association of Realtors. April’s pending sales were up 3.2 percent [...]

By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose in April, a report showed on Wednesday, providing new evidence the housing market is stabilizing and backing views that the recession is nearing an end.
The National Association of Realtors said sales climbed 2.9 percent to an annual rate of 4.68 million as the [...]

Wed May 27, 2009 11:04am EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pace of sales of existing homes in the United States rose 2.9 percent in April, according to an industry survey on Wednesday that supported views the three-year housing recession was near a bottom.
KEY POINTS: * The National Association of Realtors said sales climbed to an [...]

By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilder sentiment jumped to its highest level in eight months in May, a private survey showed on Monday, supporting views that the three-year housing slump might be close to an end.    Read more…

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most American homeowners believe their home’s value has declined over the past year, but a majority also think a bottom has been reached, real estate website Zillow.com said on Thursday.
A majority, or 60 percent, believe their home lost value during the past 12 months, according to the Zillow Q1 Homeowner Confidence [...]

* Miami 1st qtr single-family home sales rise 72 percent
* Foreign buyers, “rock-bottom prices” drive sales
* City cited as a strong “comeback” market
MIAMI, May 12 (Reuters) - Miami posted big gains in home sales in the first quarter of the year in a tentative sign of recovery in a city hard hit by the recession [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home values in the United States extended their fall in the first quarter, with more than one in five homeowners now owing more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, real estate website Zillow.com said on Wednesday.  Read more…