Buying/Selling a Home

Dylan Holland and Breanna Cameron started shopping for their first home in the Atlanta suburbs in December 2021, with a budget of about $350,000. They quickly discovered they would have to do a lot more than they had planned to get a…

Rapidly rising mortgage rates and record home prices are cooling the U.S. housing market, as April sales dropped for the third straight month and fell to their weakest pace in nearly two years.Existing-home sales slipped 2.4% in April from…

Sales of previously owned homes declined in February as rising mortgage-interest rates and a shortage of homes for sale made it difficult for buyers to compete.Existing-home sales fell 7.2% in February from the prior month to a seasonally…

The dream of homeownership has grown more out of reach for middle-class Americans during the pandemic.The surge in home prices and sharp decline in the number of homes for sale have made home buying more difficult for many Americans…

Buying a first home is always stressful. Buying now, with property price increases eating into savings and inflation driving up the cost of home repairs, is proving to be particularly costly for some first-time buyers.New buyers are putting…

Every summer when Trevor Plencner, 24, was growing up, his family would take a trip to New Buffalo, Mich., where they’d rent a house on Lake Michigan. Year after year, Mr. Plencner became increasingly intrigued by the notion of…

During their months stuck at home, some people may have fantasized about escaping to Hawaii. Katie Goates, a 39-year-old homemaker from Los Altos, Calif., spent her Hawaiian escape fantasizing about Salt Lake City, Utah.…

Sue Gross, ex-wife of retired billionaire bond king Bill Gross, is listing a Beverly Hills estate for $38 million. Located above Sunset Boulevard near the Greystone Mansion, a local landmark and a popular filming…

Jorge Pérez, a billionaire real-estate developer widely referred to as Miami’s “condo king,” is listing his own mansion in the Coconut Grove section of Miami for $33 million. One of about 10 homes in…

Known for blistering summers, the Pacific Coast of British Columbia also grows chilly when the planting season arrives. Emily Yewchuk’s desire to construct a greenhouse took hold when seedlings monopolized her kitchen and dining room just…