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Average Down Payment Varies Greatly By Market

A 20 percent down payment is no longer the standard. According to Realtor.com, the average down payment on mortgages used to purchase a home...

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Fluctuating Mortgage Rates Drop This Week

Rates for 30-year fixed mortgages steadily declined to under 3.5 percent over the first 10 months of 2016, but shot up nearly one percentage...

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Flattening Rent Rates May Soften Buyer Demand

The median home value rose 6.8 percent over the past year as of December. Rent prices, though, have leveled off, remaining unchanged from...

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The Hottest Neighborhoods In Each Major Metro Area

A theme emerged: Due to rising prices in urban cores, many buyers are searching for homes in neighborhoods on the edges of the city or in nearby suburbs

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Optimistic Brokers See Home Sales Growth Doubling In 2017

Survey finds that sales growth is expected to reach 7.6 percent or better

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Mississippi Is Home To The Most Affordable Beach Towns

With a short coastline along the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi isn’t really known for its sandy beaches. Maybe that’s why houses near the...

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How The Rising Aging Population Will Impact Housing

As the 65 and older population increases to one-fifth the population by 2035, builders and the real estate industry will have to adapt by...

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Home Prices To Rise, Rents To Slow In Denver

New construction has failed to keep up with rises in population and employment in Denver, causing the median price of a house in the metro...

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The Best Times To Buy, Sell, And Build A House

Spring is the start of the homebuying season, but a little patience pays off. SmartAsset says the best time to sell a house is in the...

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Any Time Can Be A Good Time To Sell, Regardless Of Season

Sellers have traditionally been bound by the ebbs and flows of the calendar year. It is advantageous, the thinking went, to put a home on...

Home Builders Institute's Schools to Skills Grant Application Open Through December

As Mortgage Rates Rise, Buyers Lose Purchasing Power

Renters Are Choosing Single-Family Homes for These Features