Shopping for homes is exciting until one needs to secure financing to purchase. Even with savings, most Americans can only buy a house through a mortgage loan. In the fourth quarter of 2022, the US ...

Want to make a good first impression when you're shopping for a home? Two types of documents can help you do that: Mortgage pre-approval and mortgage pre-qualification. Each one provides sellers and ...

The 2021 housing market is operating at warp speed. One second, you have five properties lined up that you like, and the next, there’s nothing available listed near your next duty station -- none that ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, ...