Widely seen as the leading measure of U.S. home prices, the S&P Dow Jones Indices is a monthly look at home values that has been conducted for more than 27 years. According to the most recent release, national home prices are up 5.8 percent over last year, with the largest …
View MoreIt isn't just the home's buyer who has to settle up at the end of the closing process, sellers have costs too. In fact, according to one recent estimate, the average seller spends $15,000 before they hand over the keys to their home's new owner. A big part of that …
View MoreHome buyers are out in large numbers this spring. Proof of that can be found in the most recent sales report from the National Association of Realtors. Their monthly tally of how many previously owned homes sold the month before found that the typical home for sale was on the …
View MoreWhen shopping for a house, you have to choose from the homes that are for sale at the time you're looking. In other words, unless you're having a house custom built to your specifications, you're going to have to make do with what's on the market now. These days, that's …
View MoreThere are many ways to gauge the health of the housing market. But no matter which way you look at it, the ultimate goal is to figure out where things are headed and how that will affect home buyers and sellers, as well as current and future homeowners. In other …
According to the Survey of Consumers conducted by the University of Michigan, Americans are feeling more optimistic about economic conditions. In fact, Richard Curtin, Survey of Consumers chief economist, says optimism is at its highest point since 2000. “The Current Economic Conditions Index rose to its highest level since 2000 …
For first-time home buyers, saving enough money for a down payment is among the top obstacles blocking their jump to homeownership. Where current homeowners can often use the sale of their house to help fund the upfront costs of buying another home, first timers have to come up with the …
There are a variety of reasons you might want to make your home green. From allergies to energy bills, giving your home an environmentally minded upgrade can not only be better for your health and utility costs, it can also improve the value of your home when it comes time …
View MoreThe number of American households that believe the economy is improving has jumped 14 percent since last year at this time, according to the recently released results of a quarterly survey from the National Association of Realtors. That improvement could have an impact on home buyers and sellers as the …
With spring quickly approaching, now is the time of year when home buyers start getting serious about finding a house to buy. That means, it's also the best time of year for homeowners who have been thinking about putting their home up for sale. With for-sale inventory low in …