Nicole Friedman

A short-lived drop in mortgage rates improved affordability for buyers and produced the first year-over-year gain in sales in more than three years. 

Some real-estate brokerages are pushing to repeal a National Association of Realtors rule governing how listings are marketed.

Sales of existing homes are on track for the worst two-year period since the mid-1990s.

Existing-home sales in September fell 3.5% from a year earlier, as persistently high prices and elevated mortgage rates are keeping potential home buyers on the sidelines.

Americans reveal how they overcame the challenges of the housing market.

U.S. home sales fell last month, as the recent decline in mortgage rates failed to offset home prices that remain near record highs. Sales of previously owned homes fell in August by a

Sales of previously owned homes fell 2.5% from the prior month, as a recent drop in mortgage rates failed to offset home prices that remain near record highs.

Millions of would-be homeowners have been priced out of the property market since early 2022, when the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates. The looming cut may do little to help. With home prices near record highs and the cost of home insurance and property taxes rising, affordability re

The era of ultralow mortgage rates in the U.S. is unlikely to return anytime soon, even as the Fed cuts rates. Mortgage rates have roughly doubled to above 6% since the central bank started its inflation fight in 2022. Economists expect them to move only slightly lower over the next year, which wou

With home prices near record highs and the cost of home insurance and property taxes rising, affordability remains an issue.