WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home price gains slowed for the fifth straight month in August as higher mortgage rates have lowered home sales.The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, released Tuesday, increased 5.5 percent...

The 13% decline in new home sales has created a lot of concern about the real estate market but the Case-Shiller Home Price Index for the much larger number of existing homes is not waving any red flags (yet).

This is how housing markets turn. Slowly.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Home prices in Sydney, Australia's biggest city, posted its worst annual performance since 1990 in October, dragging down national values and pointing to a further slowdown over coming months in a blow to consumption.

___Stocks rally on earnings a day after ending at 5-month lowsNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks climb as strong results from a number of companies help the market regain a sliver of its recent losses. Trading remains uneven: the S&P 500...

BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock prices were mixed Monday after Wall Street extended its slide, fueling concern about the global market outlook.KEEPINGS SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index lost 1.1 percent to 2,570.17 while Tokyo's Nikkei...