Category: Housing

Every year, tens of millions of people move to a new home ( 25.6 million in 2023 , which is actually a record low). People […]

Searching for a home can be both exciting and frustrating. Finding and purchasing a home can take anywhere from four weeks to six months (or […]

When you’re looking to buy a home, you also need to prepare for its upkeep . The average homeowner spends $6,000 and more than 500 […]

When you buy a house, you become obsessed with its value . Of course, there are very good reasons for this; you just put a […]

Homes are generally quite well built , but as any homeowner knows, they require constant care and maintenance. If properly maintained, most homes will last […]

All homeowners quickly realize that buying a home is only the first step. Depending on the length of your mortgage, you’ll have approximately 360 more […]

The leaves are changing, the air is crisp, and the spring/summer home buying season is coming to an end. While other seasons typically see a […]

Welcome to Lifehacker’s “How I Bought My First Home” series, where I ask real people how they actually closed the deal on their first home. […]

Welcome to Lifehacker’s new series, How I Bought My First Home, where I ask real people about how they actually closed the deal on their […]

Finding a starter home can be an exercise in figuring out how little money you actually have. You may feel pretty good when you find […]

A reverse mortgage is a unique type of loan designed for homeowners age 62 or older. Unlike a traditional mortgage, in which you make monthly […]

If you’re looking for a home, you’ll see plenty of condominiums and homes managed by homeowners’ associations—there are about 370,000 homeowners’ associations in the United […]

Welcome to Lifehacker’s new series, How I Bought My First Home, where I ask real people about how they actually closed the deal on their […]

When the value of your home goes up, you have more equity, which is a good thing. When it sinks, you have less equity—and that […]

Most homeowners plan to leave these homes to their heirs , which sounds good: While losing a close relative is painful, inheriting a home means […]

Over time, neighborhoods change and develop. People come and go, families are formed and businesses open for decades, even centuries. Areas of the city that […]

When it comes to buying a home , one of the biggest challenges is determining exactly how much home you can afford. After all, you […]

As you embark on your home buying journey, you’ll likely come across the terms “pre-approved” and “pre-approved” as they relate to mortgages . While these […]

Mortgage rates fell to their lowest since May 2023, averaging 6.59 percent, according to a Bankrate survey . When rates drop, it opens up new […]

More than 45 million Americans rent their homes, and about half of them are “rent-burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on […]

House hunting can easily turn into house fever , especially when home prices continue to rise and you continue to lose the bidding wars for […]

Buying or selling a home has always been a little crazy. The moment you walk into a Realtor’s office to inquire about a home or […]

Every home feature has a monetary value—how much it costs to install it and what return on that investment the homeowner hopes to get from […]

About a quarter of people have at least one neighbor they absolutely hate , citing reasons such as noise or trespass problems. It’s one thing […]

If you have a home with a mortgage, the worst word you’ll hear (even worse than termites) is foreclosure. This process, usually triggered by a […]

Today, about half of renters are ” cost-burdened ,” which is a fancy way of saying rent is too damn high (more than a quarter […]

Unlike the weather, the real estate market this June wasn’t as hot as usual, with the typical home selling for 0.3% below asking price, according […]

Renovating or remodeling your home can be a disorienting experience. Between clutter, strangers crawling around, and the constant discovery of disasters hidden inside your walls, […]

If you own a home or are thinking about buying one, you know that your monthly mortgage payment is only a fraction of what you’ll […]

As a new homeowner, you may have been surprised to learn that you are responsible for the sewer and water lines that run from the […]

Home projects come in two different types: panic- stricken, crappy projects that are thrust upon you at your least convenient (and usually random) moments, and […]

Everything about buying a home is fraught. Of course there is money . And research . And the emotional toll of trying to translate your […]

Every homeowner struggles with deciding when it’s actually time to make a big renovation or replace something expensive, like an appliance or old flooring. Windows […]

If you’re struggling to make your monthly mortgage payments due to financial difficulties, a loan modification may provide much-needed relief. A mortgage modification is a […]

Moving to a new home is stressful, no matter how you look at it. There’s the expense and chaos associated with physically moving all of […]

Owning a home can be a very rewarding experience. All the things you never had to know in the carefree days of paying rent suddenly […]

When you buy something, you expect to own the item outright. If you buy a book at a bookstore, you can read it, tear out […]

There are many reasons why people hire roommates, but one of the most common is simple economics: rents continue to rise , half of all […]

Renting a home has never been more challenging. Rents are skyrocketing , there simply aren’t enough apartments and houses to rent, and many people have […]

If you own a home these days, you are lucky in many ways. If you bought stocks before the recent rise in interest rates, you’re […]