Home prices remain near record highs. Mortgage rates have retreated but remain well above their pandemic lows. Add it up, and homebuyers are feeling discouraged. With housing affordability squeezing ...

If you or a loved one are looking to buy a house for the first time, you might think now is a bad time for that down payment. You’re not alone — more than half of aspiring homebuyers say they can’t ...

Total home sales fell more than 4% in March despite a rise in the number of aspiring home buyers as would-be shoppers struggle with sky-high interest rates and rising home prices, a new report from ...

More than half of aspiring homeowners say cost of living and insufficient income make it difficult to afford a down payment and closing costs for a home, according to a new report by Bankrate. The ...

Buying a cheap house, or one that’s $150,000 or less, may seem like an attractive idea for many renters who are seeing home prices spiral out of control. But finding financing to pay for that home can ...

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MALIBU, Calif. — Priced out of the American Dream, more aspiring homeowners are turning to manufactured homes. With luxury options on the market, customers say their homeownership dreams are becoming ...