Down payments

Down payment standards should be relaxed to just 10% to spur homebuying among millennials, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said this week.

The lack of knowledge around the home purchase process was cited by 39% of mortgage executives as the leading barrier keeping potential first-time buyers from entering the market.

Here's a look at the 12 cities where the number of affordable homes increases the most when buyers have a 20% down payment rather than only putting down 10%.

A group of fintech players and venture capital firms are investing $1 million in Patch Homes, a startup that lends money in return for a share of home equity.

Housing costs -- both rents and home prices -- in the Metro Orlando area rose faster than in most metropolitan areas within the state and the nation in March from a year earlier, two new reports show.

Vladimir Putin is taking a page from the U.S. housing market to boost homeownership. Call it Russia's Fannie Mae.

After years of sitting on the sidelines of the housing market, a growing population of millennials has begun to embrace the financial benefits of owning a home.

The combination of rising rates and real estate prices has made home buying less affordable, reviving interest in a product that lets consumers borrow against the future equity of their homes.