The National Association of Realtors has reached a national settlement that could change the way real estate agents are paid. Critics say the current system keeps commissions artificially high.
A pause in foreclosures after an NPR investigation may be of no help to many vets. They were already pushed into costly loan modifications after a move by the VA stranded them in a tough spot.
The average cost of a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage jumped to 7.09% this week, the highest in over two decades. Rising interest rates have put homes out of reach for many would-be buyers.
Thursday on Political Rewind: Across metro Atlanta, corporations have bought up tens of thousands of homes, raising rents and pricing middle-class Georgians out of home ownership. Our special panel of journalists and government leaders explains why the rent is so high.
The highest rates in 20 years are dashing the dreams of some would-be homebuyers. Others stretch to buy but spend close to $1,000 a month more in monthly payments for a typical house.
Lots of speculators are jockeying to get in on the hot market. Sometime they call homeowners multiple times a day. It can be an invasive nuisance, or worse.
Sources tell NPR that the Biden administration is close to announcing its pick to run the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees the $11 trillion mortgage market.
Mobile home owners right now are twice as likely as other homeowners to be behind on housing payments. And some are losing their homes over small amounts of rent they owe for land the home sits on.
