Will U.S. principal-reduction programs will help the real estate market? Our residential real estate insiders weigh in on this month's Housing Huddle topic.

An Arizona judge has heard two dozen complaints against a now-defunct San Diego company that home appraisers in that state say failed to pay them in a timely manner or at all for completed work.

San Diego nearly same as April, state up for 12th straight month.

Insurance should benefit first-timers, lower-income buyers.

Here's a roundup of headlines that got people talking during the past week in San Diego and beyond.