If you are a first-time homebuyer, odds are you don’t have that much money sitting in your bank account, so you’ll need to ...

Preapprovals usually expire after 90 days, says DiBugnara, so ask your lender how long yours will be good for. If you’re a ...

Buying a home was a risk in plenty of other ways, too. After the stock market collapsed, nobody knew when or how things would get better, and most people weren’t buying homes even though prices ...