Nov 13, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Real Estate, Trends
By Clare Trapasso Nov 13, 2023 (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) More first-time homebuyers have been successfully navigating the extremely pricey and challenging housing market. Despite the myriad obstacles in their way, first-time buyers made up...
Nov 6, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Real Estate
By Lisa Marie Conklin Nov 2, 2023 (Getty Images) With today’s housing shortage, record-high home prices, and rising mortgage interest rates, buying a little slice of property can seem like an impossible goal to some. One budget-friendly workaround homebuyers have...
Nov 1, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Home Buying 101, Real Estate
By Veterans United The VA loan program has backed more than 28 million loans in its nearly 80-year history. While its roots are in the original GI Bill of 1944, this mortgage benefit is in many ways more important today than ever. During a time of tight mortgage...
Oct 30, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Real Estate
By Kimberly Dawn Neumann Oct 16, 2023 (Getty Images) While buying a home has always been a challenging milestone, today’s high interest rates have made this dream even harder to achieve. Over the past two years, interest rates on home loans have nearly...
Oct 26, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Real Estate
By Sally Jones Aug 29, 2023 (Photo-Illustration by Realtor.com; Source: Getty Images) Inheriting property can be a mixed bag. On the one hand, you’re dealing with losing a loved one. And while you’re likely grateful for the inheritance, you also have to deal...
Oct 24, 2023 | Home Buying 101, Real Estate
By Lisa Johnson Mandell Oct 11, 2023 Photo by Kindel Media: https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-shaking-hands-7578894/ You’ve finally found it: a home you’re swooning over and dying to own. From the exposed ceiling beams to the hardwood floors, this feels...