Shopping for a house to buy involves many choices. One of the most obvious is whether you want to buy a new house or an existing home....

One of the big challenges for home buyers this year is how quickly homes have been selling. It hasn't been uncommon to see a good listing...

If you're not looking to buy a new house, you may not think the number of new homes being built has anything to do with your home search....

Typically, home buyers have a wish list of features they're looking for in their next house. Whether it's a bigger yard, more storage,...

For a lot of us, it's still hard to believe summer's over and the clocks have already rolled back. But it is November and the holidays...

By now, anyone interested in buying a house knows home prices have been rising. Climbing prices have been a factor for home buyers for...

New numbers from ATTOM Data Solutions show that 39.5 percent of mortgaged residential properties were considered equity rich during the...

Everyone, from time to time, dreams of moving somewhere new. Whether the dream is to move to a nicer house in the same area, out of...

Temperature isn't the only thing that falls when the seasons change. If you follow the housing market, you know that the number of active...

Unless you're a real-estate investor, your primary focus when buying or selling a home shouldn't be profit. Your home, after all, is more...

When you buy most things, you only have to consider their price. Buying a home is different. Whether or not a home is affordable depends...

Buying a house takes some time. Typically, there are several weeks between the time an offer is accepted and the deal is closed. That's...

The S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Indices is considered among the leading measures of U.S. home prices. Their data covers all nine census...

In September, sales of newly built single-family homes increased 14 percent from the month before, according to new numbers from the U.S....

A competitive housing market can be difficult for home buyers. Not only do they have to prepare for the possibility of a bidding war,...

Sales of previously owned homes spiked 7 percent in September, according to new numbers from the National Association of Realtors. The...