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The red-hot pandemic housing market has finally cooled: mortgage rates have more than doubled from the historic lows seen in 2021, resulting in slower home sales and lower prices. However,

Photo Credit: Robert Crum / Shutterstock The red-hot pandemic housing market has finally cooled in recent months. Due to actions by the Federal Reserve to combat inflation, mortgage rates have more than doubled from the historic lows s...

Understanding the complexities of the U.S. tax code can be a challenge for any taxpayer to navigate alone, but major shifts at the federal level in recent years have made

While conditions are challenging overall for new buyers, some parts of the U.S. are more favorable than others. Researchers calculated a composite score based on the percentage of homes with

Photo Credit: Artazum / Shutterstock The real estate market since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic has been tough on all buyers, but aspiring first-time buyers may have struggled most of all. For much of 2020 and 2021, the housing...

A location’s rent-to-price ratio is one metric that potential buyers can use to assess whether it makes more sense to continue renting or try to purchase a home in their

Photo Credit: BalanceFormCreative / Shutterstock The construction industry in the U.S. has no shortage of demand these days. The intense real estate market of the last two-plus years highlighted the shortage of housing stock in the ...

Photo Credit: tokar / Shutterstock With both real estate and rental prices rising quickly over the last two years, U.S. households that don’t currently own a home are facing a major affordability crunch. The residential real estate ...

Photo Credit: Artazum / Shutterstock Rising real estate prices and interest rate hikes have finally started to bring balance back to the residential market this year. But while demand is falling off, the U.S. still has a major need for...

Photo Credit: fizkes / Shutterstock The red-hot residential real estate market of the last two years has shown some recent signs of cooling off, but finding a home remains challenging for many buyers. Intense competition and rising pri...