Purchasing a home might seem like you’re signing your life away, but it also comes with a hefty price tag beyond forking over the remainder of your down payment. When it comes time for closing, you ...

Some fees are unavoidable whether you're paying cash or financing a home purchase. Here's what you need to know before making an offer.

Liquid assets like cash represent flexibility and efficiency, and there are few areas of our financial lives in which the phrase rings truer than in real estate transactions. Given changes in the ...

LOS ANGELES — Americans looking to buy a newly built home this spring are likely to get a helping hand with their mortgage rate and other costs. Many homebuilders are offering buyers valuable ...

Redfin recently examined nationwide home sales, and found that 28.8% of U.S. homebuyers paid in all-cash in August, down just ...

As if sticker shock wasn’t enough, the average American home buyer spends $31,975 beyond their down payment on upfront homebuying expenses, such as closing fees, repairs, moving, and other ...

If you’re monitoring the value of your home so you can sell it and reap a worthwhile profit, don’t forget to factor in the closing costs for sellers into the sale price. You may estimate that your ...

If you took out a mortgage in the last year or two, you might still be reeling from the closing costs you paid — and understandably hesitant to repeat the process even if mortgage rates have ...