Buying a home in 2025 can feel like stepping into “The Amityville Horror” — a dream house that turns into a nightmare once you see the fine print. For many Americans, that fear isn’t just cinematic. Between high prices, surprise repairs and a few possible ghosts, homeownership is giving people the chills. A recent survey […]
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A completely new status quo for mortgage financing — especially one more favorable toward first-time homebuyers — was cited by real estate leaders as a vital step in improving housing affordability. For NextHome co-CEO Keith Robinson, affordability can’t be solved without addressing the mortgage system itself — one he says hasn’t fundamentally changed since the
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We’ve all heard the refrain: it’s never been harder to buy your first home. The narrative almost always circles back to two usual suspects – mortgage rates and home prices. While rates and prices are undeniably visible and powerful levers, they are not the whole story. For industry insiders, the challenge (and the opportunity) lies
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Klipster, a new real estate platform aimed at younger homebuyers, has launched with a mobile app that combines short-form video, automation and marketplace features. Created by co-founders Arlinda Dine, Eric Benaim and Michael Taus, the platform is designed for what the company describes as a “content-first” home shopping experience, targeting Millennials and Gen Z with
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While the national entry point for luxury homes edged down slightly in September, buyers with a million-dollar budget can find significantly more space in some regions than others, according to Realtor.com’s latest Housing Market Luxury Report. The report shows that in metros such as Atlanta, Denver and Houston, luxury homes priced between $1 million and
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Americans are moving less than at any point in the past 50 years, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by Point2Homes. In 2024, only 11% of Americans — or roughly 37 million residents — changed their address. That’s down from 14.3% a decade earlier and nearly half the rate of the 1960s, when
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Compass is adding another feature to its suite of agent technology tools. On Tuesday, the Robert Reffkin-helmed firm announced the launch of Buyer Demand. Buyer Demand enables Compass agents and their home seller clients to see the number of serious buyers in Compass’s network who are searching for homes that match theirs. Compass says this
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Over the next two decades, roughly $124 trillion will move from baby boomers to younger generations, according to Cerulli Associates. For many millennials — amid climate anxiety and financial uncertainty — that inheritance is prompting a new question; what should ownership mean? In Norwalk, Conn., Austin and Allison McChord are testing an answer. “The first
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Down payments stayed largely unchanged in the third quarter of 2025 as homebuyers balanced high prices with slowing demand, according to Realtor.com’s newest Down Payment Report. The typical down payment was $30,400 — about $500 more than the previous quarter and roughly flat from a year earlier. Buyers continued to put down about 14.4% of
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Fifth Third Bank says it has originated more than $5.2 billion in mortgages so far in 2025, ranking among the top 45 U.S. lenders and top 15 banks. The Cincinnati-based bank, already a top 10 mortgage servicer, said it has grown market share in 90% of its key markets this year as it continues to
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