If you’re planning on building your own home rather than purchasing an existing house, you will likely need home-building insurance during the initial phases of your project. This type of coverage is ...

It’s natural to consider building your own home, and it’ll offer more than a few benefits, especially compared to buying a ...

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit a whopping 7.23% in August, an eye-watering number for anyone looking to buy a house. And many prospective homebuyers have decided that if they have to pay ...

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Buying your first home is exciting. But with so many options available, it can be tough to know where to start. Do you buy an existing home? Build a new one from scratch? Or maybe you're looking for ...

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The share of newly built homes on the market in the U.S. is at its lowest point in three years as construction slows and inventory of existing homes grows, according to a report Friday from Redfin.

A crane raising a Fading West housing module for placement in a development in Colorado.Credit... Supported by By Binyamin Appelbaum Photographs by Zeke Bogusky Mr. Appelbaum is a member of the ...

The building of new homes plummeted in March, government data showed on Tuesday, at a time when the housing market is struggling with supply, which has contributed to elevated home prices. Housing ...

Most new housing will continue coming from the same states that have built the most new units in the past few years, experts say.

The market for first-time home buyers in America is dismal. Since 2021, the annual income needed to qualify for a mortgage has increased by 60 percent, driving the median age of a first-time home ...