New study: Renting a home is more affordable than buying one in 2023

A new rental Affordability Report by ATTOM found it’s more affordable to rent an average three-bedroom home in 2023 than to own a comparably sized median-priced home.

Apartment rental prices may finally be falling in US, data shows

Zumper, a real estate marketplace company, analyzed rental data from over one million active listings across the U.S.

First timber-made building going up since Great Chicago Fire of 1871

Sterling Bay is developing the nine-story, multifamily building for 2100 North Southport. The developer says it will be the tallest timber-made building to be constructed since before the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

Chicago offering free legal help to renters facing eviction

Now that the eviction moratorium is over in Chicago, city hall is taking steps to level the playing field, offering free legal help to low-income renters facing eviction.

Nightmare home sale leads Minnesota couple to arbitration

It was a problematic home sale: a failed retaining wall, the ground infilled with unopened bags of mulch, wallpaper concealing holes in the walls, the backyard slipping away into the nearby creek and an unpermitted porch structure on the verge of falling away with it.

Entire historic Tennessee town for sale for $725K

Water Valley, Tennessee is up for sale and real estate broker Christa Swartz said her phone hasn’t stopped ringing with potential buyers.

Nonprofit helps connect Chicagoans with low-interest loans, mortgages

What makes this nonprofit stand out is the fact that they don't look at your credit score. The organization looks to see how much money you save, and if you pay your bills on time.

'Darth Vader House' hits Houston market, on sale for $4.3 million

You don’t know the power of the dark side! But for $4.3 million, you most likely will as one massive Houston home just hit the market.

Couple buys Riverside dream home, but seller refuses to move out in eviction moratorium loophole

When Tracie and Myles Albert purchased a beautiful four-bedroom house in Riverside, California they never realized that at the end of escrow the seller would suddenly refuse to give up the keys and leave.  

'You gotta be prepared to move quickly': Houses flying off the market in Chicago, suburbs

In the Chicago area, people are struggling to buy homes. Real estate experts say because people have been stuck inside all year, so many families are looking to up-size.

As homebuying rises, is it still a good time to refinance your home?

Despite the global pandemic, the US housing market remains strong. Don’t wait to refinance. Right now is likely the safest time to get a record-low mortgage refinance loan.

House managers present articles to Senate, 2nd impeachment of Donald Trump to begin Feb. 8

House Democrats delivered the impeachment case against Donald Trump to the Senate late Monday for the start of his historic trial, but Republican senators were easing off their criticism of the former president and shunning calls to convict him over the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol.