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latestMay 18, 2022

Homebuyers: Welcome to a More 'Normal' Market

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

May 11, 2022

Buying a Home With a New Lifestyle in Mind

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

May 04, 2022

Should You Do a Cash-Out Refi Despite Higher Rates?

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

April 27, 2022

The Two-Home Retirement Plan: A Good Idea?

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

April 20, 2022

Proven Clutter-Busting Strategies For Home Sellers

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

April 13, 2022

Home-Buying Couples: How to Reach Agreement

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

April 06, 2022

How To Fit Home-Selling Tasks Into a Busy Life

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

March 30, 2022

Coping in a 'Double Whammy' Housing Market

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

March 23, 2022

The Value of a Clutter-Free Home Office

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

March 16, 2022

Seeking a Move-In-Ready Home? Here Are Pointers

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

March 09, 2022

Pointers For Those Who Must Sell Their Homes

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

March 02, 2022

Struggling To Save For a House? Here Are Some Pointers

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

February 23, 2022

Homebuyers: Coping Skills for a Brutal Market

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

February 16, 2022

Avoiding Buyer's Remorse in a Seller's Market

Choosing the right home is a mammoth decision, with ramifications for both your finances and lifestyle. It’s not a choice to be made hurriedly. But given the tight real estate market, many buyers are ... more

February 09, 2022

For Seniors: How to Jump-Start Your Home Sale

A couple in their late 60s, a teacher married to a hospital CEO, are eager to free themselves of upkeep on their huge colonial house. They’d like to sell and downsize to a small villa in an over-55 co... more

February 02, 2022

How to Draw on Equity to Expand Your Housing

In many ways, 2021 disappointed pandemic-weary young families longing for larger housing. In their quest to buy a bigger place, many competed in fiercely fought bidding wars. Yet due to a shortage of ... more

January 26, 2022

Pointers for Empty Nesters on Housing Plans

After hitting 65, a divorced doctor in a New York City suburb began ruminating about the possible sale of the spacious Tudor where she’d raised her two children.... more

January 19, 2022

Home-Buying Hopefuls: Rethinking Your Plans

Many renters in their 30s have been struggling to buy a house since the pandemic hit in 2020. This was the year they hoped for relief. Yet, affordability challenges keep mounting.... more

January 12, 2022

How to Bag the Best Possible Mortgage Rate

For many would-be homebuyers, 2021 was exasperating beyond belief. Especially frustrated were those who lost out to other buyers in round after round of bidding wars.... more

January 05, 2022

Prepping for a Home Sale? First, Clear the Clutter

All across America, families with school-age kids are at wits’ end. Classes are on and off with little notice. More people are home more of the time. After many hours in crowded quarters, some parents... more

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