After facing more than two years of ridiculously intense competition for property, homebuyers are starting to experience a more “normal” market.... more

A 59-year-old lawyer owned an impressive Victorian house in a close-in suburb of Washington, D.C. Her exquisitely furnished place was widely admired by family and friends. But the woman yearned for so... more

Far fewer homeowners are now tapping their equity through a cash-out mortgage refinance than just a few weeks ago. That’s despite the fact that since the pandemic began, owners have built up equity at... more

After retiring from their middle management jobs with a health insurance firm, a Colorado couple had one aspiration topping their bucket list. They wished to acquire a second home in downtown Chicago,... more

America’s home sellers are in a commanding position, and statistics underscore this reality.... more

Since last December, a couple in their early 40s have been struggling to move from a small urban townhouse to a bigger suburban place near a top-rated high school for their two teenagers. But months l... more

For more than the two-year span of the pandemic, a married couple of political consultants worked from their suburban Washington, D.C., home. But by this spring, Zoom fatigue had set in.... more

One month ago, the home-buying quest of a young married couple took on great urgency. Two things spurred the pair -- a nurse married to a scientist -- to buy a condo in Chicago’s Logan Square. One was... more

Real estate pros say that a high priority on many homebuyers’ lists is an inviting home office, due to an increasing number of people working from home.... more

This spring’s super-charged sellers' market has buyers learning the hard lessons of compromise. With available homes in short supply and prices rising, buyers must distinguish between wants and needs.... more

Ten years ago, a retired U.S. diplomat bought a small Cape Cod in a friendly tree-lined neighborhood within walking distance of a library, post office and grocery store. Then 60, he imagined living th... more

Back in March 2020, a computer programmer and her boyfriend, a finance specialist, set out confidently to visit an open house in suburban Boston. But arriving at the 120-year-old property, the young c... more

This year is turning into a brutal one for those aspiring to move out of a rental and into a place of their own.... more