Author: Terry Collins, USA TODAY

Experts say the decades-long housing shortage is climbing, and now with mortgage interest rates soaring due to inflation, they see no end in sight.

As mortgage interest rates in the U.S. have doubled in the past nine months, some home buyers might be on the fence about whether to buy or wait.

As the housing market softens, would-be home buyers are no longer waiving that option that sellers make repairs, new data suggests.

Contingency? Fixed-rate mortgage? Foreclosure? The housing market practically speaks a language all its own. Here are the terms you should understand.

High mortgage interest rates and slow sales have finally caught up with a once scorching-hot housing market, leading to a correction, experts claim.

Fixer-uppers are typically a way for first-time homebuyers to become owners but more more households are also considering the more affordable option.

Eight of Realtor.com’s top 10 hottest zip codes in the housing market are on the East Coast as home buyers are choosing to move away from big cities.

More than 70% of Americans polled believe the U.S. is in a recession and nearly half of them are “more likely” to purchase a home because of it.