The real estate market has always been a dynamic landscape, and as we look towards 2026, both home buyers and ...

As home buyers shy away from the housing market, real-estate investors are seizing the opening and ramping up their purchases. In the third quarter of 2025, 30% of single-family homes were bought by ...

Every year, Ilyce and Sam offer their readers New Year’s resolutions for home buyers, sellers and their personal finances.

It has never been this challenging to be a first-time home buyer. Over the last year, as home prices inched toward new highs and the 30-year mortgage rate stayed firmly above 7%, first-time buyers ...

A year after the NAR settlement upended how homes are bought and sold, some people are ditching traditional real-estate agents "The old, traditional way is dead," one home buyer told MarketWatch.

Last week we explored escrow and title insurance pricing. Today’s tips are on finding your best buyers’ real estate agent and negotiating the commission. Starting with the buyers’ realty agent, if you ...

For decades, the home-buying process remained fairly stable. The seller paid a 6% commission to the listing agent, who shared half with the agent representing the buyer. A court settlement ended that, ...

Thinking of buying a home with the help of a real estate agent? You can no longer take it for granted that a seller will cover the cost of your agent’s commission. Home sellers have traditionally ...

Real estate agents are increasingly being cut out of the homebuying process, as prospective home buyers are turning to online platforms and brokerage fees keep raising. While the internet has made it ...

Having bought three homes with the help of a real-estate agent, Michelle Milburn had a fair understanding of what to expect. She decided to buy her fourth home without one, and ended up pocketing ...