This is where having a competent, dedicated buyer’s agent can be particularly helpful. I learned this all too well after a monthslong search for a home was nearing completion.

Buyers may assume there's something wrong with these properties. But these homes may present a unique chance to otherwise struggling homebuyers.

Home prices were the most common reason would-be 2024 buyers fell short — 18% of them say they couldn’t afford the homes that were available.

Buying a home in 2024 is a challenge – from mortgage rates to bidding wars, obstacles exist. NBC News quantifies the challenges with its Home Buyer Index. This is what we've learned.

The majority of buyers (65%) want a single-story home, while 29% prefer a two-story home. Living in an environmentally friendly home is important to 68% of buyers surveyed as long as they do not ...

You may qualify as a first-time home buyer even if you've owned a house before. And that unlocks a lot of benefits, including grants and down payment assistance.

WalletHub and SmartAsset released their rankings of the best U.S. cities for first-time home buyers. Cities in Florida, Texas, Wisconsin and Arizona ranked as some of the best places to buy a first ...

But more importantly, a good buyer’s agent will still carry out many tasks in the buyer’s best interest — tasks that reach far beyond the property search function.

Rather, a home search requires a meticulous scanning of several different real estate portals. Analysts looked at the total number of listings in Boston among Redfin, Trulia, and Zillow.