Besides taking out a mortgage, your best bet for homeownership is to buy a house in cash. Less common mortgage alternatives include rent-to-own agreements and owner/seller financing. Both rent-to-own ...

Buying a home is a pricey prospect. The median sales price of a home as of the fourth quarter of 2024 was $419,200, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. If you're 34 with $80,000 saved, ...

If you're willing to deal with extra complexity in the homebuying process, you might be able to buy a new home before selling your current one. A bridge loan or home equity financing can help you fund ...

You currently have a house, but you want to rent it out. Will your mortgage lender allow you to? Here’s what you need to know. So, you want to get into the rental property business. You already have a ...

When her children went off to college, Lynnette Khalfani-Cox saw it as an investment opportunity. Rather than pay for a bed in a dorm room — at an average annual cost of $7,456 at private universities ...

Once they've found a place they love, most home shoppers shift to considering the hard numbers: The selling price or the monthly rent, the estimated taxes, the square footage, their mortgage rate, etc ...

Being a buyer and seller can be tricky, but there are several strategies to help you get it done. Carrie Pallardy has more than nine years of experience writing about a range of topics, including ...

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