Housing affordability

For decades, Seattle has been primarily a city of homeowners, but those days may be coming to an end. It's one of the many ways that the city's current population boom has been transformative.

Officials hope a revamped Scranton, Pa., homebuyer program administered by a nonprofit partner will boost homeownership rates and bolster investments in city neighborhoods.

Whatcom County in northwestern Washington state went from falling prices and plenty of inventory in 2009 to high prices and low inventory in 2019

Sales of new homes increased in November, capping the best three months for demand since 2007 and reflecting sustained momentum in a residential real estate market that’s helping to underpin the economy.

Downtown San Jose, which has been overshadowed by its Bay Area neighbors, is having a real estate development boom because it qualifies as an opportunity zone

Despite home prices continuing to rise faster than household income, affordability gains inched up due to the low mortgage rate landscape, according to Attom Data Solutions.

Without the baggage of living through the Great Recession, homeownership rates for Gen Z should exceed that of millennials, a plurality of respondents to a Zillow survey said.

From the Southeast to the Midwestern plains, here's a look at the 12 cities where first-time homebuyers can afford the largest share of houses for sale, according to First American.

The housing market is likely changing to predominantly repeat purchasers, even as growth in the first-timer buyer segment continued in the third quarter, a study from Genworth found.

Among the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, home prices hibernate and offer consumers the best time to buy a house, according to Attom Data Solutions.