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Andrea Riquier is a former Staff Writer at Forbes Advisor. She is a New York-based writer covering mortgages and the housing market. She was previously at Dow Jones MarketWatch, on the housing market ...

Brittany Brown is a full-time copywriter writing covering real estate and personal finance topics like budgeting, investing, credit cards, and more. She is currently working to become an accredited ...

When I bought my first house in 2010, at age 24, it was the Great Recession, and the housing market—the entire world, really—was off-kilter. A little like it is now. I was newly married, a recent ...

Home prices have risen much faster than wages, Pew Research reports. As a result, first-time homebuyers are getting squeezed out of the market.

A Zillow analysis identified the large U.S. metros where buying is an affordable alternative to renting. By Arnesa A. Howell Even in a tough housing market, there are major cities where owning a home ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – From credit score secrets to compound interest magic, News4JAX is digging into the first-time buyer programs that could help with down payments, and why high-yield accounts are ...