People tend to choose where to live based on a few basic factors. Traditionally, we want to live somewhere close to our family, our ...

Housing market conditions have been pretty consistent over the past few years. Inventory and mortgage rates have remained low while...

Before you can shop for a house to buy, you have to make sure you'll be able to get a loan. After all, there's no point in falling in...

Whatever challenges today's housing market has, they haven't deterred home buyers. Buyer demand spiked last summer and hasn't let up...

Having a second home is a dream for a lot of people. Who doesn't want somewhere beautiful they can escape to when they need a break or...

There are plenty of reasons someone might be considering a move. But among the ones most commonly cited by prospective home buyers, a...

The things that motivate homeowners to sell stay pretty consistent through the years. Mostly, they're personal. Whether it's because...

In most cases, when you buy something, you don't get to negotiate the price. If you're buying a refrigerator, for example, you don't...

Last year, after the coronavirus' onset, there was a lot of talk about how Americans were looking to move from city centers into the...

When a buyer's offer is accepted and a contract to buy is signed, that home's sale is considered pending until the closing process has ...

If you're shopping for a house this year, there's likely a reason you've decided now's the right time for you to buy. Maybe it's...

There are a lower-than-normal number of previously owned homes available in today's market, but that hasn't stopped home buyers. In...

Each month, Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research Group releases a forecast for the economy and housing market. According to...

By now, everybody knows the housing market's hot. They're probably also familiar with the factors that have kept it buzzing. Low...

In times of crises, people tend to come together. That's certainly been true over the past year. The coronavirus pandemic meant we all...

When you own a home and its value increases, you build equity. And when the amount of equity you've built is more than double what you...