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Best Week To Buy Is Almost Here-and It Could Save Home Shoppers $14K

Best Week To Buy Is Almost Here-and It Could Save Home Shoppers $14K

Best Week To Buy Is Almost Here—and It Could Save Home Shoppers $14K As children head back to school and the air turns crisp, the housing market is entering its sweetest spot: the peak homebuying week of 2026, offering savvy shoppers more options, bigger savings, and less competition. The new Realtor.com® Best Time To BuyRead …

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Housing Week Ahead: Fed Rate Decision, Top Construction Metros, and Pending Home Sales

Housing Week Ahead: Fed Rate Decision, Top Construction Metros, and Pending Home Sales

Housing Week Ahead: Fed Rate Decision, Top Construction Metros, and Pending Home Sales The upcoming week brings a packed slate of housing data from the Realtor.com economics team, kicking off Monday with our Best Time To Buy report from senior economist Hannah Jones. On Tuesday, senior economist Joel Berner examines builder sales incentives, following upRead …

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Chinese Firm Owns Dozens of Empty ‘Ghost Condos’ in Downtown L.A.

Chinese Firm Owns Dozens of Empty ‘Ghost Condos’ in Downtown L.A.

The ‘Ghost Condos’ of L.A.: Why Is a Chinese State-Backed Company Holding Hundreds of Empty Units? In the middle of Los Angeles, four gleaming skyscrapers stretch toward the clouds. The glass-fronted development, dubbed Metropolis, includes two condo towers, one rental tower, and the luxury Indigo Hotel. All told, the block-long expanse includes more than 1,500Read …

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I Left a $3,000 Oakland Rental To Buy a $165K House in Rochester-and Cut My Housing Costs in Half

I Left a $3,000 Oakland Rental To Buy a $165K House in Rochester-and Cut My Housing Costs in Half

I Left a $3,000 Oakland Rental To Buy a $165K House in Rochester—and Cut My Housing Costs in Half Thinking about buying a home, but not sure how to afford it? Welcome to the Down Payment Diaries, where real people spill about how they saved and splurged on their path to homeownership. If you’d likeRead …

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How to Keep Your Kids From Destroying the Ancestral Estate-and Get a Tax Break in the Process

How to Keep Your Kids From Destroying the Ancestral Estate-and Get a Tax Break in the Process

How to Keep Your Kids From Destroying the Ancestral Estate—and Get a Tax Break in the Process When their assets include large pieces of land, families in the U.S.can face stark choices. One faction may want to preserve the land; another may want to break it up for a financial windfall. But more landowners areRead …

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The Real Reason Why Home Prices in The Villages Are Falling

The Real Reason Why Home Prices in The Villages Are Falling

The Real Reason Why Home Prices in The Villages Are Falling Home prices in the largest master-planned community in the country, The Villages, have steadily declined over the past four years, despite the idyllic lifestyle it promises. Inside the Central Florida community, which is home to over 150,000 residents, median home prices peaked in 2022Read …

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