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Rhode Island pilots bank partnership to benefit first-time homebuyers

Participants could buy homes with a mortgage rate starting below 4%.

From 'Little Boxes' to Robert Grace: How songs keep redefining 'home'

Lyrics offer satire, nostalgia and promises.

'It's bigger than us': Annual tree lighting brings thousands to Altadena 11 months after Eaton Fire

Residents and organizers said the Christmas Tree Lane event brought a sense of normalcy to the still recovering town.

As homebuilders install more full bathrooms, half baths take a powder

Most new single-family home starts have two or more bathrooms, the National Association of Home Builders reports.

Developers finish first new home in Pacific Palisades since January's wildfires

The Thomas James Homes project is a sign that the Pacific Palisades has not been "forgotten," Rick Caruso says.

Pantone's color for 2026 lands with a whisper — and elicits a lot of grumbling

Cloud Dancer is the color company's first neutral selection in 20 years.

Bill looks to streamline homeowner and condo association access to federal disaster relief

The key issue lies in how FEMA deems street ownership.

Homeowners petition insurance companies for more customer-friendly policy rules

The petition lands as premiums on homeowners insurance skyrocket across the United States.

Where are the buyers? Listings are piling up in these four metropolitan areas, report suggests.

Shoppers are gaining the upper hand in negotiations as the demand eases in these Southern cities, according to the American Enterprise Institute.

Loudoun County, Virginia, considers tiny homes as potential affordable homeownership option

One-bedroom units are more feasible than larger houses, a report finds.