Central Wisconsin home buyers are experiencing a sellers' market. There is a higher demand of people looking to buy homes than there is inventory of homes on the market. Costs of homes is increasing, ...

“It’s kind of a shocking number,” said an economist with the National Association of Realtors. By Julia Carpenter The path to homeownership continues to get longer, with the median age of first-time ...

Builders and lenders are increasing incentives like grants, price reductions, and mortgage rate buy-downs for first-time buyers in 2026. NAR sees these trends as key to improved affordability. AI ...

For many first-time buyers, starter homes feel like an endangered species. In hundreds of cities nationwide, so-called starter homes now cost $1 million or more.¹ Even in areas where prices are lower, ...

First-time homebuyers fell to a historic low of 21% of all U.S. home purchasers this year, according to NAR’s 2025 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. The share has been cut in half since 2007, as ...

Around 1 in 7 Americans hope to buy a home soon and many plan to use AI in the process, NerdWallet’s annual home buyer survey ...

Across the country, investors are shaping local housing trends differently depending on market affordability. In expensive states – like California, Montana and Utah – investors are paying up to 35% ...