In a recent survey conducted by the Demand Institute, 10,000 households were asked if their current homes met their lists of must-haves. The survey found that many homeowners are going without some important features. Home buyers and renovators should take heed; these are the features that should be on every must-have [...]

The Federal Housing Administration announced in January that it would reduce its annual mortgage insurance premiums by half a percentage point-dropping it from 1.35 percent to 0.85 percent. FHA-backed loans are popular with new homebuyers, and offer downpayment options as low as 3.5 percent of the purchase price, but require mortgage [...]

As the holidays approach, home sellers are often tempted to take their homes off the market until spring-or even wait until spring to list. After all, buyers are too busy now to search for houses, right? In a word, no. As a rule, you should list your home when you want to sell it, not when you think it will sell, because no one can predict [...]

When becoming informed about what affects your credit score, it's just as important to know the things that don't have an impact on your credit score-either positive or negative-as it is to understand the factors that can help or hurt your credit. Here is a look at five things that surprisingly won't affect your credit [...]