The real estate site Zillow has launched a new tool aimed at first-time home buyers on realestate.com. It features a calculator that adds up the expenses of owning a home, like property taxes and utilities — the kind of things that new buyers don’t always expect or budget for. It’s designed to help ease the […]

Existing home sales numbers for February are out today. January sales increased 3.3 percent to a 10-year high, but economists anticipate a dip for February, although that’s still up from last year. One factor: an improving job market.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

Builders are building, but too may owners are staying put.

The British government released the latest English Housing Survey this week. It found that home ownership in England has fallen to its lowest level in 30 years. It also noted that almost half of all the people in England age 25 to 34 currently rent their home from an individual private landlord.  Click the above […]

Hit hard by the housing crisis, middle aged households are increasingly renting.

In other developed economies, the stable, fixed-rate mortgage is nowhere to be found.

Banks are clearing out 'bottom-of-the-barrel homes.'

Homeowners may find themselves living mortgage-free for life

A drop in homeownership might — or might not — be a key economic indicator.