As Waco officials wade through the budgeting process, they are looking to federal COVID-19 aid awarded last year to help fix the city’s housin…
Should there be a recession, here's how it may affect your finances and what steps you can take to protect yourself.
In Texas’ grid-testing heat wave, what if your home could power itself?
NEW YORK — Kyle Tomcak was looking for a home for his in-laws in the suburbs around Denver, something priced close to $450,000.
Anyone who’s dabbled in the housing market during the last two years likely went through a whirlwind. The average sales price of a home—at half a million dollars in the first quarter—was the highest on record; housing supply is near historic lows; and interest rates are hitting the highest weekly increases in decades. Then came […]
The Great Resignation is now called the Great Reshuffling. The pandemic changed the way people worked, which allowed some people to move farth…
Rising mortgage rates are cooling the housing market. But it's uneven, accentuating differences between the existing home market and new construction.
Rates for home loans are little changed this week from near recent highs, even as buyers try to adapt to a housing market that may feel very different than just a few weeks ago.
Q: I am growing impatient with so many saying, “Wow, the value of your home has gone up so much,” without knowing the facts.
City officials said the need for housing is just as acute in Waco as it is in larger cities, and higher density development in the city’s core…
Strange is how a local real estate agent describes the Waco housing market. Rising interest rates have stalled some deals in the works, but a …
Rates for home loans have pushed above 5%, further straining affordability in an already challenging housing market.
Here’s a worrying tidbit that comes disguised as good news: More homes are under construction than at any time in the past five decades. Hooray, right? After all, we’re in…
Here's a worrying tidbit that comes disguised as good news: More homes are under construction than at any time in the past five decades.
Amid the U.S. housing crunch, some are finding a solution in Accessory Dwelling Units, also know as granny flats, in-law units or backyard bungalows.
Around 6 million people will buy homes this year, and they will confront two complications: Home prices will keep going up, and so will mortgage rates.
The strongest seller's market ever is greeting the start of the spring home buying season. The number of properties on the market is at a record low.
Traditionally, the spring months herald the beginning of homebuying season. But major shifts in the housing market disrupted seasonal patterns in 2020 and 2021, and the changes may be long-lasting.…
What to expect if you are in the housing market for a home this year, the ongoing trend of high prices and low supply, and how some planning may support your efforts.
A report from the Waco Association of Realtors prompts Joe Don Bobbitt to predict disgruntled taxpayers will swarm his office in a few months.
The housing market has been strong thanks to rock-bottom mortgage rates, a limited supply of homes on the market, and pent-up demand from consumers locked in last year by the pandemic.
Price increases in the housing market have been one of the major stories of the economy since the start of the pandemic. One of the key factor…
A majority of homebuyers express a preference for new houses. But given the constraints on the supply of new housing, many more homebuyers are…
With prices rising so rapidly, some observers fear that houses are overvalued and that if the bubble bursts, the economy could see a prolonged…
The uneven effects of the COVID-19 economy has only made the gaps between America’s haves and have-nots even starker. These divergent economic…