Another U.S. bank is now offering a low down payment mortgage. Wells Fargo introduced the yourFirstMortgage program Thursday that offers home loans for up to $417,000 with down payments as little as 3%. The San Francisco-based bank said the program is aimed at helping low- and moderate-income people and first-time ... Read More »

The gender pay gap is following women home from the office. Buying a home is a better financial move for men than women, as the average market value of homes owned by single men is 10% higher than homes owned by single women, according to a new report from RealtyTrac. ... Read More »

As the spring real estate selling season gets in gear, some houses are moving faster getting better offers than others. Apparently, a lot depends on a short list of key features that home buyers favor in local markets around the country, according to e recent analysis from real estate site ... Read More »

Everyone is his or her own Martha Stewart, and who wouldn’t want to see beautiful pictures of our loved ones on the mantel? Answer: potential buyers. They don’t want to see your babies, your knickknacks, your artwork or even those adorable macramé potholders you and your daughter made that rainy ... Read More »

LOS ANGELES, April 17 — Actress Jewel Staite is to reunite with her formerFirefly co-star Nathan Fillion on his mystery dramedy series Castle. Showrunners Terence Paul Winter and Alexi Hawley confirmed the casting to TVLine. Staite will appear in the May 2 episode of the ABC series. She will play ... Read More »

“I just need a roof over my head – preferably one I own,” says Alastair Wilson, a new father, who echoes many in Sydney’s notoriously fevered real estate market. “I was used to astounding prices in London. However, Sydney prices made my jaw drop.” Emigrating from the UK in 2008, ... Read More »

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Big Apple, big price tags: A new report finds that average Manhattan apartment prices have cracked the $2 million mark for the first time. Douglas Elliman Real Estate, which produces the quarterly report with appraisal firm Miller Samuel, found that the average price of a Manhattan condo or co-op in ... Read More »

The stock market is looking wobbly. Bonds are paying you about what you’re losing to inflation. And the rest of the investment landscape is about as reliable as the latest presidential candidate poll. So if you’re wondering how to get ahead, let alone keep up with your rising monthly rent ... Read More »

For anyone who’s ever wondered what it’s like to have Roberta Flack or Yoko Ono as your neighbor but couldn’t afford it, now might be the perfect opportunity to score a luxury apartment on the cheap. Sort of. Apartment No. 66 at 1 West 72nd Street — otherwise known as ... Read More »

Home buyer dreams deferred: Aspiring owners put the brakes (mildly, at least) on the torrid pace of buying in January, according to the latest report on pending home sales. But one area in the U.S. still seems to be going stronger than ever: the South. The number of houses across the ... Read More »

It’s been said many times: The rent is too damn high. And now a recently introduced bill is trying to cut renters a break—a tax break, that is. The bill, if it became law, would allow renters to deduct from their federal taxes what they pay for the primary roof ... Read More »