The typical monthly mortgage payment applied for by borrowers spiked in January. In fact, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s...

Housing market conditions are largely determined by the balance of homes for sale and interested home buyers. When demand for homes...

During their pandemic-era peak in 2021, home prices were up 18.9 percent year-over-year at one point. Fortunately, for prospective home...

Sales of newly built single-family homes tumbled in January, falling 10.5 percent from the month before, according to new numbers from...

Buying a home that needs some work has appeal. Maybe it’s because of the popularity of home-remodeling shows or our desire to find a...

Sales of previously owned homes fell 4.9 percent in January, according to the National Association of Realtors. The month-over-month...

New home construction plays an important role in housing market conditions. When builders are building more homes, the added supply helps...

Home builders know the housing market as well as anyone. Maybe more. Builders have to know what buyers want, where they want it, and what...

Most of us will need a loan to buy a house. But access to credit isn’t fixed. That means it’ll be easier to get approved for a loan at...

January isn’t thought of as being among the housing market’s hottest months for home buyers. Buyers are more likely to have their plans...

Real estate, it’s said, is all about location – and it’s true. Especially, these days. The number of homes currently available for sale...

Fannie Mae’s monthly Home Purchase Sentiment Index is based on a survey of Americans which asks for their opinions on the housing market,...

For most of us, the decision to buy or rent is based on affordability. Whichever option is most comfortably affordable is the one we’ll...

The housing market’s been out of balance for years. With too many interested home buyers and too few homes available to buy, prices moved...

Budgeting is never fun. If given the choice, we’d all prefer to spend money freely and without consequence. But while it may not be as...

When a contract to buy a home is signed, the sale isn’t yet final. But most contract signings result in closed sales a few weeks later,...

New numbers from the National Association of Realtors show sales of previously owned homes rose 2.2 percent in December from one month...