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Andrea Riquier is a former Staff Writer at Forbes Advisor. She is a New York-based writer covering mortgages and the housing market. She was previously at Dow Jones MarketWatch, on the housing market ...

The effects of the war in Iran have raised mortgage rates and lowered consumer confidence, making it even harder for house ...

Owning a home has long been part of the American Dream, but for first-time buyers, the process can feel confusing and out of reach. Smarter by CNBC Make It's new online course, How to Buy Your First ...

Many young people feel crushed when they think about their ability to buy a home, but it doesn’t mean they’re giving up on the dream. The average age of first-time homebuyers rose to an all-time high ...

With over four years of experience writing in the housing market space, Robin Rothstein demystifies mortgage and loan concepts, helping first-time homebuyers and homeowners make informed decisions as ...

For many, the American dream is losing steam. As baby boomers remained the largest generational group of home buyers over the last year, the share of first-time buyers plunged to its lowest level on ...

When I bought my first house in 2010, at age 24, it was the Great Recession, and the housing market—the entire world, really—was off-kilter. A little like it is now. I was newly married, a recent ...

“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 ...