Blame it on the mortgage rates. Blame it on the scarce supply. There are more than enough reasons to blame for the dismal state of the U.S. housing market, which are now quantified and categorized in ...

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Fall brought a glimmer of hope for home shoppers this year, as the number of buyer’s markets in major U.S. cities continues ...

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Why is it so hard to buy a home? Prices have far outpaced middle-class incomes. Mortgage rates are still above 6%. And 3 out of 10 homes are sold above listing price. But none of those factors fully ...

Home buyers are increasingly turning to family members, most often parents, for help buying a house in overpriced and undersupplied markets, reflecting a shift in the way many families finance ...

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 ...