Those with equity in a home can trade up more easily, while many first-time homebuyers are still stuck on the sidelines.

Sales of previously owned homes dropped in June, marking a slow start to summer for the housing market as prices hit an ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — First-time buyers facing high home prices, high mortgage interest rates and limited inventory are struggling to make their dream of home ownership come true.

Realtor Barry Lebow specializes in helping seniors downsize — moving out of the family homes they've lived in for decades to ...

Rising construction costs—driven by inflation, supply chain disruptions, and labor shortages—as well as higher regulatory ...

The cost burden has been particularly difficult for first-time homebuyers to bear, contributing to the slowdown in household growth. The homeownership rate "fell most sharply for the youngest ...

The typical homebuyer's down payment has shrunk by 1% year-over-year according to a new report from Redfin RDFN. This is the first annual decline in almost two years. Median down payments now sit ...

While slight, this is the first time the housing market has seen a year-over-year decline in down payments in two years. However, when looking at down payments in terms of percentages, the typical ...

Homebuyer down payments have started to dip, a sign that those who are using loans to help finance their purchases are shifting their focus to less expensive homes. New research published by Redfin on ...

Buying your first home is a key to building wealth in the U.S. Yet stepping onto the property ladder is a vanishing dream for many Americans.

The wider selection of homes on the market likely helped boost sales among first-time homebuyers. They accounted for 34% of sales last month, the highest level since July 2020, but that is still ...