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Here are the best and worst places to try buying a home if you’re single
If you’re single and looking for a home, Edison, New Jersey is the place to be. Edison topped a...
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Millennials are finally buying homes — but only when they’re Instagrammable
From TRD LA: What’s that noise you hear? It’s a broker tapping his toes as he waits an hour for...
Bad news for the rental market: Millennials have finally started buying homes
Sorry, apartment landlords, but it looks like millennials are interested in settling down and buying houses after all. According...
Despite market fears, millennials are buying into home buying
Despite stalled wage growth and fears about the housing market, millennials nationwide are becoming more interested in buying real...
Espinal pushing city to lift cap on first-time homebuyer loan program
A City Council member is formally asking the Department of Housing Preservation and Development increase the amount of grant...
Price-sensitive NYC home buyers to have more options this fall
Some hopeful news for first-time buyers in New York City: Half of the 2,500 new Manhattan apartments that will...
Scoring boost coming for renters’ credit
Anybody buying a first home quickly learns how important credit scores are to mortgage lenders. They like them high....
Rising student loan debt chokes homeownership pipeline
They’re not yet an endangered species, but their steadily diminishing presence has some real estate analysts worried: First-time buyers...
Shortcomings of the homebuyer’s tax credit
Remember the federal tax credit programs offering $7,500 and later $8,000 to first-time homebuyers? The credits were designed to...
U.S. home sales to lowest level since 1990s
U.S. existing home sales tumbled last month to their lowest levels in more than a decade, according to a monthly report from the National Association of Realtors, released today. Home sales — including single-family...