A new app is looking to add more transparency to the homebuying process — particularly when it comes to real estate agents.
Housing costs are hard for teachers. Starting teachers need to spend about 47 percent of their salary to afford a median-priced rental.
Homeownership equals happiness. A new survey says 93 percent of homeowners say having a house makes them happier than renting did.
Low mortgage rates are pushing more and more Millennials to refinance. Overall refinances jumped 9 percent for Millennials in the last month.
Many home buyers assume spring or summer is the best time to buy a house. Experts disagree. Buying in the fall of 2019 can yield huge mortgage rate and home price savings.
Active homebuyers are seeing longer house hunts than they were a year ago. More than half have been searching for at least three months or longer.
Homebuying competition should be low for the next year. Only a small fraction of adults are planning to buy a home in the coming 12 months.
Homebuyers are increasingly making moves out of state. Some major metros are seeing nearly six in 10 home shoppers coming from outside the state’s borders.
The rate of homeownership has declined nationally over the last decade, but in some affordable states, it’s stronger than ever.