Buying a Home

Buying a house is no easy feat if you’re on a tight budget. It’s no surprise many frugal house shoppers opt for a fixer-upper over ...

The effects of mortgage scams impact every aspect of the home buying process. In 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime ...

There are many financial and non-financial benefits of homeownership, and the greatest financial one is wealth creation. Homeownership has always ...

Last month, in a post on the Liberty Street Economics blog, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York noted that Americans believe buying a home is ...

Don’t assume that everything you see while touring a house comes with a home purchase. From furniture and decor to appliances and outdoor ...

If you’re struggling financially, you make be able to get mortgage assistance to help prevent or stop your home from ending up in foreclosure....

Home prices have surged to double-digit percentage gains over the past year, which means home buyers are having to either bring more to the closing ...

The need for bigger residences has grown as more generations move into one household. The pandemic has prompted a larger number of multigenerational ...

There are so many things to consider when looking for the right home: Is it located in a good neighborhood with an easy commute to work? Does the ...

House hunting is challenging enough at any time; shopping during a seller's market is a whole additional difficulty level—and that's what ...

While most of us are familiar with new-car smell—that distinct scent of a brand-new automobile—home buyers might have caught a whiff of ...

Few will be reluctant to say goodbye to 2020. With vaccines rolling out, the days of the deadly pandemic that bludgeoned the nation's economy seem to ...

In the past four weeks lumber prices have increased by almost 20% across the U.S., the National Association of Home Builders reported this week. ...

Recent data from realtor.com shows that all-cash deals comprise as much as 36% of all real estate transactions in certain U.S. markets. That’s ...

Are you considering paying for a survey of a piece of property? When you purchase land, it’s not a bad idea to know exactly what you are paying ...

You’ve been working all of your life and living within your budget. You’ve never had trouble qualifying for a mortgage because your ...

Mortgage rates are at an all-time low, but that’s just too bad for the thousands of potential home buyers who’re missing out on the ...