Prospective home buyers rely on a number of indicators to gauge prices, including how long nearby properties sit on the market and how many homes are for sale in their neighborhood. Now, the rapidly ...
Builders and lenders are increasing incentives like grants, price reductions, and mortgage rate buy-downs for first-time buyers in 2026. NAR sees these trends as key to improved affordability. AI ...
After a year of rising mortgage rates and mostly flat home prices, buyers and sellers are wondering what 2026 will bring to the U.S. housing market. So far, 2026 looks more like a year of transition ...
A previous version of this story misstated the Johnson’s names. When Andrea and Michael Johnson started looking at homes to buy in Milwaukee, the last thing they expected was to get pushback from ...
(NEXSTAR) – Fall brought a glimmer of hope for home shoppers this year, as the number of buyer’s markets in major U.S. cities continues to grow as mortgage rates retreat slightly, according to Zillow.
The number of Americans who feel like buying their home was a mistake has plummeted over the last two years. In 2023, 15% of U.S. homebuyers reported feeling like they overpaid after closing on their ...
“It’s kind of a shocking number,” said an economist with the National Association of Realtors. By Julia Carpenter The path to homeownership continues to get longer, with the median age of first-time ...
New data seems to lend support to the idea that the economy is going in opposite directions at the same time, depending on where you sit in it. Wednesday’s K-shape reference is brought to you by the ...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that the typical age people purchase their first home in the U.S. has risen to an all-time high of 40 years old. First-time buyers represented only ...