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Simply Put: Boom or bust — how RBI’s decision to leave rates unchanged affects homebuyers
The RBI keeps repo rates at 6.5% for the 10th time despite global rate cuts. This decision affects …
The typical first-time homebuyer in America is older than ever before
They have a median age of 38, up from 35 in 2023. By comparison, first-time homebuyers in the 1980s…
Alcynna Lloyd
Boom or bust — how RBI’s decision to leave rates unchanged affects homebuyers
If you're an aspiring homebuyer, now is not the time. And if you're already paying home loan EMIs, …
3 couples who recently got mortgage interest rates under 3% share how they did it
The homebuyers are using the savings from their low-interest-rate mortgages to pay down debt and co…
Alcynna Lloyd
Existing home sales hit a 14-year low as homebuyers hold out for lower rates that may not come
Homebuyers have stayed on the sidelines, waiting for lower mortgage rates. Based on how things are …
Filip De Mott
The new homebuying rule that could save you thousands
New rules for Realtors will make buying a home more complicated. But both buyers and sellers could …
James Rodriguez
Gen Z might be the luckiest homebuying generation. Here's where they're scooping up homes.
Gen Z is buying homes fastest in the Midwest, especially in Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Cincinnati.
Noah Sheidlower
2 swing states show why the US is struggling to build enough houses
Renters and homeowners in swing states are disproportionately hit by housing affordability woes, a …
Eliza Relman
A first-time homebuyer was renovating her 1940s fixer-upper with her dad. When he died, she turned it into a tribute to him.
Bridget McGing was renovating her 1940s, Tudor-style home with her dad. After he died, she felt lik…
Samantha Grindell
Why a booming US job market is bad news for homebuyers
Mortgage rates are back above 7%, and labor-market forces could keep them from falling again.
Filip De Mott
A homebuyer who got a 2.75% mortgage rate this year broke down how he did it
Brian Sankey got a low interest rate using an assumable mortgage, which is helping him buy a larger…
Alcynna Lloyd
US home prices hit yet another record high
Although US home prices hit another record high, the silver lining is that the pace of increases ha…
Filip De Mott
Homebuyers are flocking to a type of loan that offers a lower mortgage rate. But they often require bigger down payments, and lenders don't like to give them.
There's a rare type of mortgage loan gaining popularity among buyers seeking lower rates.
Jennifer Sor
US home prices hit another record high
An index of home prices jumped 5.4% from a year ago in June, hitting a new all-time high.
Filip De Mott
The average US homebuyer has gained $40,000 in buying power in the last 3 months as mortgage rates cool
Trying to time the housing market to lock in a low mortgage rate is a "waste of energy", Redfin's c…
Jennifer Sor
One way to help American homebuyers? Do what the Dutch do.
Dutch-style mortgages offer something American mortgages don't: automatically lower interest rates …
Cork Gaines,Eliza Relman
The US drinking age law could be a model for fixing the housing crisis
Some housing experts say Washington needs to take a more creative approach to encourage states to b…
Eliza Relman
The US housing market is starting to flash a few rays of sunshine for homebuyers
Housing inventory is trending upward, even during a season when it historically declines, according…
Filip De Mott
I was a first-time homebuyer and got scammed out of $167,000 of my life savings
A real-estate scam cost these first-time homebuyers their six-figure downpayment. Here's what happe…
Jordan Hart
The US housing-market logjam keeps getting worse
The housing market is in a tough position as prices sit at record highs, with no relief in sight un…