The mammoth legislative package, hammered out in marathon Capitol Hill negotiations that carried through the night, gives the Obama administration a significant triumph in its efforts to rein in Wall Street after a financial crisis drove the economy to the brink in September 2008.

Economists are still nervous about the chances that might be of another recession.

According to a report released by Fitch Ratings, a N.Y. based credit-rating agency this Wednesday, borrowers who had their mortgages modified are likely to re-default within 12 months.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said this Monday he expects a continuing economic recovery that it won’t fall back into a “double dip” recession.

According to a multiple listings analysis by Terradatum Inc., sales of houses and condos in San Francisco have jumped a 50 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, and the median price home rose a 5.4% to $ 685,000.

Buy? Think again. Most people think is better to buy than rent, but according to real estate website Trulia.com it has looked at major real estate markets across the country and asked: is it cheaper to buy, or rent?

Americans took advantage of the last month of a tax credit, and the contracts to buy previously owned homes climbed in April.