Faced with higher prices, big student loan bills and elevated mortgage rates, Americans are waiting longer than ever to buy a home.

Buyers have had to budget for economic uncertainty, stubbornly high lending rates, and tight housing supplies that have ...

Meanwhile, people who already own homes are accruing huge amounts of equity, thanks to soaring values and low prepandemic mortgage rates. That allows them to make larger down payments and all-cash ...

As home buyers shy away from the housing market, real-estate investors are seizing the opening and ramping up their purchases ...

Listings? Haven’t heard of them. Construction? C’mon. The U.S. housing market has been stuck in a state of suspended animation this summer, and the latest NBC News Home Buyer Index offers new clues on ...

Buying a home for the first time can be a rewarding experience. A home is an investment and place for you and your family to ...

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Some first-time home buyers, facing high interest rates, are trading their metropolitan lifestyles for lower-cost living. Mason Snow and his wife left California’s second most populated city for a ...

Close to one-third of first-time home buyers (32%) were between 25 and 34 years old, while one-fourth (25%) were between 35 ...