Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Terri Williams is a journalist covering housing trends. If you watch homebuying shows on TV, you’ll often hear buyers saying they ...

Owning a home doesn't just put a roof over your head — it can also put money in your pocket (at least on paper). According to a 2022 report from the National Association of Realtors, single-family ...

One family is from the richest 10 per cent in the UK, while the other is from the poorest 10 per cent. These families from opposite ends of the wealth and class divide are given the chance to spend ...

Buying a house in Los Angeles is expensive, and many who do buy end up house-poor. House-poor is when most of your income goes toward paying for your first heart attack. So, unless your parents are ...

Five years after opening a separate savings account labeled “down payment,” four years after attending our first open house and three years after house hunting in earnest, my girlfriend and I are ...

After years of bruising inflation, Americans are carrying more debt than ever before. And more are using their homes to help them dig out. Cash-out refinances, which let homeowners withdraw money from ...