Home Owner

Buying a condominium is getting trickier for anyone who wants to put down only 3.5% and have the gov't insure their mortgage.

If there has been anything positive about residential real estate in 2011, it has been the multifamily-housing market.

As year five of the housing crisis begins, the foreclosure problem still hasn't been solved, but many people are still in their homes.  

If you’re looking for a time to list your house for sale, or to begin searching for that place of your dreams, the holidays might just be it.

If you are trying to sell your home, there are many factors to keep in mind when looking at your home’s value. Believe it or not, it isn’t just the location and condition of your home that can figure into its value. Even such details as the color of your house can cause the value to go up or down.

There might yet be another casualty in the real estate market: the Federal Housing Administration.

Many consumers applying for a mortgage are going to start sharing more personal information with lenders next year, like it or not.

The 30-yr fixed-rate mortgage has been a stalwart of today’s real estate market for homeowners looking to refinance. Now it’s facing competition.

Short sales are among the most arduous real estate transactions, often taking six months or more to close — if they get done at all.

A recent reverse mortgage fraud case shows, seniors need to be very careful and make sure they understand the risks.