Homebuyers often find themselves on the hunt for certain trends in their future dream home even before touring a house. Whether that’s a covered deck in Dallas, Texas or french doors in Los Angeles, California, you may be wondering what the most popular home features are in your state. For ...

Homebuyer, an Ohio-based software startup offering digital mortgages to first-time home buyers, announced on Monday it had snagged $ 1.4 million in a seed round from private investors. The company was founded in 2019 by Dan Green, under the mission to make homeownership more inclusive and less ...

Imagine the ability to show a prospective buyer the full potential of a run-down house. It’s not about agents telling clients about changes contractors could make to modernize the space. It’s not about having an architect whip up some renderings and printing them on paper. It’s about agents having ...

Purchasing your first home is one of life’s most significant milestones. It’s difficult, stressful and exciting all at the same time. It’s essential to go into the process with realistic expectations. Buyers are often unaware of how much money to set aside for their new home. Many ...

Historically, home sales have remained relatively flat during presidential election seasons. We expect home sales to continue to grow this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic; we are forecasting more home sales in 2020 than in any year since 2006. Twenty-two percent of homebuyers and sellers said ...

Relatively inexpensive areas outside major cities—like El Dorado County, just east of Sacramento, and Camden County, across the river from Philadelphia—are gaining ground with homebuyers as New York City and San Francisco lose steam. Housing markets that offer homebuyers more bang for their buck ...

Black homebuyers, who are less likely than their white counterparts to have jobs that can be done remotely, face higher home prices as white homebuyers move to more affordable suburbs Home prices in neighborhoods where Black people bought homes in 2019 were up 7% in July. That’s higher than the 6% ...

Historically low rates are motivating homebuyers even though prices were up 8.2% year over year in July, effectively cancelling out the 6.9% increase in purchasing power. A homebuyer with a $ 2,500 monthly housing budget can afford a home priced $ 33,250 higher than a year ago, thanks to ...

Low mortgage rates, spending more time at home and working from home are driving forces for people moving due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Three-quarters of homebuyers say the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their homebuying plans, according to a survey of more than 1,000 people who are planning ...

45% of surveyed homebuyers said they made a bid on a home without first seeing it in person, up from 28% in 2019. Redfin agents cite health concerns around the pandemic and competition fueled by a worsening housing shortage as reasons more buyers are bidding on homes before visiting them. Almost ...