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Americans still view real estate as an attractive investment, but rising prices are creating major barriers.

The Federal Reserve is pushing mortgage rates higher, which is upending the competitive housing market.

Mortgage applications fell 8.3% last week from a week earlier, hitting the lowest level in more than three years.

Of more than 16 million homes left empty of residents in the U.S., the largest number of empty homes is in Florida. Almost 1.7 million houses in the Sunshine State sit empty.

National Association of Home Builders CEO Jerry Howard warned consumers Friday that the housing market is currently "staring into the face of a perfect storm," and argued that this is a "bad sign" for the American economy.

Pending home sales, a leading indicator of the health of the housing market, declined for the fourth straight month.

Sales of U.S. Previously Owned Homes Decline to a Six-Month Low

As housing prices soar, owning a home in the U.S. "is a signifier of the upper class now," one real estate economist says.

Miami resident Maria Ruby learned last month that her rent will shoot up 65 percent in February. She cannot afford it and does not know where to go.Her plight illustrates an unexpected effect of the coronavirus pandemic: Miami is seeing some of the highes

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Boomers and millennials are competing for houses, per a new Zillow report. Boomers are winning. Boomers have more cash to win bidding wars as they take advantage

A surge of interest in micro-apartments located in certain areas is piquing the interest of some property buyers who have been priced out of major markets.

Home prices continue their recent surge, rising more than 20 per cent over the past year in the biggest annual boom since 1989, leaving many first home buyers looking at property investment as an alternative.

Americans Haven't Been This Down on Housing Market Since 1982

A new report reveals that cities in California are among the worst for first-time home buyers. Using twenty-two metrics related to affordability, real estate market conditions, and quality of life, personal finance company WalletHub revealed that all of t

Homeowners who have yet to refinance may miss out on the opportunity to save if they don't act soon.

Apple said Monday that it plans to invest more than $430 billion in the United States and add 20,000 new jobs across the country over the next five years.

Donald Bren is the richest real estate baron in the United States with an estimated net worth of $15.3 bn, according to the Forbes Billionaires 2021 list.

KKR and Urban Renaissance Group LLC have acquired 300 Pine St., a 770,000 sq. ft., eight-story mixed-use historic building in downtown Seattle.

Irvine Company Chairman Donald Bren ranks first among the richest real estate billionaires in America,richest real estate investors in America