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The standard down payment of 20% has done nothing but rise as this number is tied to home prices, which are also rising. Click through to find out where the cheapest down payments are...and the most expensive.

Although completed multifamily units drove down rent prices for the fifth month in a row, short vacancy times reveal just how high demand is for these units. Here’s what the landscape looks like according to a new report.

With single-family inventories struggling to keep up, here are the ZIP codes where multifamily inventories are spiking to try to meet housing demands.

Could this be the slowest home sales year in nearly 15 years? Click through to learn the factors that have been keeping buyers "in a bind all year.”

Inventory increased by a modest amount, pushing it past three months’ of supply, while the median existing home sales price grew for the third month in a row. Find all the details in this breakdown of new NAR data.

The current housing market is similar to the market of the 1980s. History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes, says First American Chief Economist Mark Fleming.

It’s no secret that would-be homeowners have been struggling against headwinds of home prices and inflation, but just how much does a typical person need to make to afford a home right now? A new report shines a spotlight on the modern homebuyer’s struggle.

Looking into 2024, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has announced that it now predicts origination volume to total $1.95 trillion next year.

A new white paper challenges the notion of disruption in the mortgage space, and how the utilization of proper software can bring this idea to fruition.

Today, many Americans can live just about anywhere while working from home. Remote workers looking to move far away from their current residence might not have the time, resources, or motivation to make multiple trips between their current and future cities, but virtual tours combined with other data brings far-flung homes to buyers’ front steps.