Homebuilders are boosting incentives to lure in buyers looking for affordability, according to a Realtor.com® Days of Deals report. Unlike sellers of existing homes, who can simply wait out the market ...

(Stacker) - The 2025 housing market has presented challenges for buyers, with high prices, elevated interest rates, and economic uncertainty. Still, demand for homeownership remains strong, and ...

The 2025 housing market has presented challenges for buyers, with high prices, elevated interest rates, and economic uncertainty. Still, demand for homeownership remains strong, and builders are ...

Home Buyer Resolution No. 6: Consider seller concessions and builder incentives.

Key Takeaways The affordability challenges that first-time homebuyers have been facing aren’t likely to improve much in ...

Stop us if you’ve heard this story before: The housing market remains stuck. Mortgage rates remain stubbornly high. It’s the same case with home prices. Oh, and it’s a terrible time to be a first-time ...

This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Kourtnee Turner, 34, a mortgage professional who purchased her first home in Baltimore after utilizing various homebuying incentives. She moved to ...

“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 ...