Aarthi Swaminathan

‘Institutional investors are a tiny share of the market, and a tinier share of the total U.S. housing market,’ one expert says

President Donald Trump said Wednesday hes planning to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes in an attempt to address spiraling housing costs.

When Kam Khazai refinanced the mortgage on his townhome in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Gaithersburg, Md., he thought he had scored the deal of a lifetime with a 2.9% rate on a 25-year mortgage.

The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to a near two-year low following Trump’s announcement about mortgage bonds.

President Donald Trumps proposal that representatives buy up $200 billion in mortgage bonds pushed mortgage rates down to the lowest level in nearly two years on Friday.

Despite soaring housing costs, younger buyers are finding a way in. Here’s how.

In a housing market that's been dominated by older buyers, younger people are finally jumping in.

Aarthi Swaminathan The housing market is facing a deep slowdown. And new data reveals the toughest markets where homeowners are finding it hard to sell their house.

Aarthi Swaminathan Americans' incomes are finally growing faster than home prices — but frustrated buyers shut out of the housing market may not notice much of a difference.

Aarthi Swaminathan Existing-home prices just hit a new record high — but there are plenty of newly built homes selling at a discount, as desperate builders cut prices.