The real-estate industry’s landmark settlement reworked how real-estate agents get paid, raising hopes that the costs associated with home buying and selling would come down. A year later, it hasn’t ...

The experts we spoke to recommend budgeting 10% to 20% of the purchase price for upgrades. For older, vacant, or neglected homes, renovation costs can hit 50% or more, with some of the repairs needed ...

The prospect of quick fixes is virtually nil. But there are a few basic steps that home shoppers can take to help rein in ...

When Jonny Ballesteros and his fiancée, Jen, began house-hunting, they weren’t sure what to expect. It was the first purchase for the couple, who are both 29, and in the competitive San Diego-area ...

A year after the NAR settlement upended how homes are bought and sold, some people are ditching traditional real-estate agents "The old, traditional way is dead," one home buyer told MarketWatch.

Real-estate agents' commissions have bounced back to the same levels they used to be before a landmark settlement last year which shook up the way they are paid for facilitating the sale of a home.

The Trump administration has proposed 50-year and “portable” mortgages to make home buying more affordable. But housing experts offer other suggestions. By Ann Carrns Fifty-year mortgages. “Portable” ...