Tagged: Affordability

Slower appreciation and more realistic seller pricing could improve purchase opportunities even as mortgage rates remain elevated

Newrez loan data shows first-time buyers still accounted for nearly half of 2025 purchase originations as home prices and borrower incomes climbed

Just 37.6% of nonhomeowner households can afford a typical starter home, according to a recent study by LendingTree

Nearly one in five house hunters searched outside their home metro in the first quarter, with Florida and other Sun Belt markets drawing buyers seeking lower housing costs

New Redfin/Ipsos survey finds broad agreement across party lines on first-time buyer tax breaks and other affordability measures

Survey finds fewer buyers are waiting for lower mortgage rates and home prices, while growing confidence in homeownership points to changing buyer attitudes

Monthly mortgage payments have become the new yardstick for sticker shock

Trump cancels signing the bipartisan housing bill, leaving affordability package in limbo

Sweeping housing package heads back to House after Senate clears final version with broad bipartisan support

Nearly 360,000 women bought homes on their own last year, with affordability emerging as a key factor