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New homeowners are getting hit already with negative equity.

Some homeowners who managed to buy last year are bleeding money—the worst-hit have lost more than $100,000 in value as price corrections “pummel” dozens of cities

December 12, 2023

Capital Economics predicts a continued drop in mortgage rates and an uptick in mortgage applications.

It’s ‘extremely likely’ we’ve seen mortgage rates peak, Capital Economics says, and mortgage demand is starting to recover

December 6, 2023

Housing affordability is the worst it’s been in decades. It will improve in 2024, but by only a ‘small step,’ Realtor.com chief economist says

Housing affordability is the worst it’s been in decades. It will improve in 2024, but by only a ‘small step,’ Realtor.com chief economist says

November 30, 2023

Home prices could drop in 2024, but that won't completely fix housing affordability.

Home prices are likely to drop next year, but don’t expect that to solve the affordability crisis, bank exec says

November 28, 2023

‘To buy or not to buy, that is the question’: BofA reveals rent is cheaper than mortgages in all but two of 97 major metros

‘To buy or not to buy, that is the question’: BofA reveals rent is cheaper than mortgages in all but two of 97 major metros

By Alena Botros and Nick Lichtenberg

November 25, 2023

The math isn't working for may homebuyers to break into the housing market.

Personal Finance

Housing math just isn’t mathing, a Fed president says, ripping into NIMBYism and homes that are ‘increasingly unattainable for too many workers’

November 18, 2023

Increases in the cost of living have been smaller recently, which could eventually make it easier for some people to afford homes and mortgages.

Lower inflation may be the hammer that cracks the unaffordable housing market for would-be homebuyers

November 16, 2023

Thanks to higher home prices and middling inventory, new owners tend to be older, earn more, and are likelier to be single or childless than in the past.

Personal Finance

This isn’t your parents’ first-time homebuyer: more millennials are breaking into the housing market, but they’re older than boomers were and need to earn a lot more money

November 14, 2023

Husband and wife

Personal Finance

This couple was so miserable with a 2.5-hour super-commute, they took on an extra $1,200 monthly mortgage payment: ‘We’d do it again in a heartbeat’

By Alicia Adamczyk

November 14, 2023

Father and son

Personal Finance

Millennials are replaying their parents’ housing market journey as first-time buyers in their 30s flood into an unaffordable market

November 14, 2023

Nearly 7% of for-sale homes in the U.S. posted a price drop during the four weeks ending Oct. 29, which is the highest portion since Redfin started tracking this data in 2012.

Personal Finance

The housing market is starting to crack—Sellers are cutting prices at record levels as ‘You can no longer price based off of where sales were’

November 6, 2023

Photo of a young man looking seriously at a financial statement

Personal Finance

Housing market affordability is so bad that Zillow says it will take you 13.5 years to break even on a purchase from July onward

November 1, 2023

Builders are offering major incentives for buyers otherwise locked out of the housing market.

While some homebuyers pay 8% mortgage rates, others are wrangling steep discounts—and it’s creating a surprising surge in new home sales

October 27, 2023

Capital Economics expects mortgage rates to stay above 6% through 2025.

The mortgage rate shock hitting the housing market has years left to run, Capital Economics says

October 26, 2023

A TikTok trend says homeowners can save $80,000-plus with this mortgage hack. But is it too good to be true?

Personal Finance

Influencers want to hack your high mortgage rates for a new car or an extra vacation. ‘This can be a great strategy,’ housing market expert says—but only if you can really budget for it

October 25, 2023

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