It’s not an easy time for homebuyers. In most neighborhoods, prices keep rising. In the near-term, mortgage rates are hardly expected to fall substantially, if at all. Meanwhile, economic uncertainty ... more

Countless young American families are facing severe housing challenges. One obvious factor is affordability. Another is that many older homeowners are hanging onto property they’ve refinanced to a low... more

A young Maryland couple -- an eye doctor and her accountant husband --have been renting a bungalow near her private practice for two years. As parents of a newborn girl, they’re paying $1,900 a month ... more

Rich Rosa, a Boston-area real estate broker, remembers well how eager homebuyers were to capture a property during the pandemic years, when mortgage rates were near historic lows.... more

An investment analyst in Miami is keen to sell the one-bedroom condo he bought in March 2020 right after the pandemic hit. At the time, he was single and giddy about leaving his dreary New Jersey neig... more

It’s no secret that America’s aging population is in a quandary about their housing plans. Through the pandemic, their properties ascended in value dramatically. Also during COVID-19, many locked in l... more

There’s a huge issue with America’s housing stock. There’s an overall shortage of homes, particularly starter homes, for young families. Yet many older people are clinging tightly to property and poss... more

Stacy Berman recalls recently how, wearing socks, she slid off the bottom step of the staircase in her multistory house. The fall broke her pinky toe, requiring her to wear a medical boot for five wee... more

A nurse in her late 30s hankers to own an Art Deco-style house in the Miami area, where she’s rented an apartment since 2019. She dreams of a three-bedroom place where she and her golden retriever wou... more

This past year was one of incredible frustration for young families who feel trapped in their rental units and seek to buy a first home. But there’s hope for those with parents willing and able to pit... more

An Idaho couple in their early 30s -- a nurse married to an attorney -- are anxious to sell the tiny two-bedroom rambler they bought before the pandemic. Given their salary increases, they now aspire ... more

A married couple in their mid-60s own a classic all-stone Georgian house in a desirable suburb of Philadelphia.... more

America isn’t just full of wannabe first-time homebuyers. It’s also full of owners eager to move to better quarters.... more