From price cuts to bidding wars, America’s home buyers are in two wildly different worlds

As home sales slowly recover, the Northeast and Midwest are seeing a bigger rebound than the South and the West, according to ...

Buying a House Is Expensive. But There Are Some Ways to Rein In Costs.

The Trump administration has proposed 50-year and “portable” mortgages to make home buying more affordable. But housing ...

Homebuyer regret falls as 2025 becomes the strongest buyer’s market in a decade

With homes sitting longer and buyers better prepared, nearly 4 in 10 now report zero regrets—up sharply from 2023.
The New York Times

How Gen Z Is Buying Homes

Co-buying is not without its challenges, but it offers young buyers a way into an increasingly expensive market. By Vince Dixon As home prices swell further out of reach, more buyers are turning to ...
Marketplace

Buying a home requires 50% more income than it did five years ago

It’s not just you — it’s gotten a lot harder to afford a new house. If you want to buy a typical home in 2025, your household income has to be about $117,000, according to a new study on housing ...
USA Today

Young people's confidence around homebuying is crushed. How some manage to make it work.

Many young people feel crushed when they think about their ability to buy a home, but it doesn’t mean they’re giving up on the dream. The average age of first-time homebuyers rose to an all-time high ...
Newsweek

Map Shows Where Home Buying Power Has Grown Across U.S.

In only six of the country's 50 largest metropolitan areas, homebuyers now have more power than they did in 2019, according to a new report by Realtor.com, with Cleveland, Ohio, leading the way. In ...