buying a home

Despite the fall of prices nationwide, the cost of buying a home in some parts of the country can still be beyond reach for a young, working couple.

With post-crisis credit still tight, you'll need to work harder to demonstrate you can handle a mortgage. Jump through these 5 hoops to prove you're worthy.

Thanks to the newly extended and expanded tax breaks for buying a home, you might qualify for a credit that you hadn't been able to get before.

These days, buying a home is more psychologically demanding, fraught with conflict and confusion.

Even in a buyer's market, you could end up paying more than you expected for a new house. Let's look at two factors that could raise the cost of buying a home and how to avoid them.

Looking for a formula to aid your house hunting? Commentator and MIT professor Dan Ariely says science doesn't have much to offer us when it comes to finding the right home.

Teaming up with friends or relatives to buy a second home can prove a boon to the pocketbook and the relationship, but only if ground rules are established before the first check is written.