The Latest Breaking News from Housing Market

COMMENT: A new mortgage for first-time buyers with a deposit that hasn’t been handed to them on a plate will do more than just help young people get on to the property ladder, says James Moore

John Lewis Partnership today posted a half-year loss after highlighting the impact of higher National Insurance costs.

Concerns over the wider economic and fiscal outlook and interest rates were affecting sentiment, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said.

Wealthy buyers are expanding their housing horizons.

The housing market is becoming more buyer-friendly after years of sharply rising prices

Those looking overseas may find that Mexico's housing market is a bargain compared to the U.S., whereas Canada tends to be a bit higher.

The U.S. government's effort to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac through a $30 billion IPO has prompted the Federal Housing Finance Agency to rehire employees it laid off earlier this year.

With the market shifting and interest rates reshaping buyer behavior, many overheated cities appear to be cooling, and experts say this trend will deepen.

Renting is all the rage, surging by the greatest level seen in years.

Approximately $18 to $19 trillion -- that’s how much of America’s real estate wealth is owned by baby boomers, the generation born between the years 1946 and 1964. That’s nearly half of all the real estate wealth in the entire country, acquired through what Realtor.com defines as multiple decades of…

Housing market experts emphasised the importance of home-buyers taking specialist advice and double-checking paperwork.