Debra Kamin

The National Association of Realtors will pay $418 million in damages and will amend several rules that housing experts say will drive down housing costs.American homeowners could see a significant drop in the cost of selling their homes after a real estate trade group agreed to a landmark deal that will eliminate a bedrock of

A division of Mr. Buffett’s conglomerate was added to a string of defendants in an antitrust lawsuit that alleges brokerages inflated commissions that home sellers were forced to pay.HomeServices of America, the largest residential real estate brokerage in the United States and owned by Warren E. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy, is now at the center

With mortgage rates and housing prices remaining stubbornly high, many potential first-time buyers are wondering whether homeownership is in the cards for them, or if they’re destined to pay rent forever. For most of these would-be homeowners, it’s not the monthly costs (like taxes and mortgage payments) that are preventing them from putting their name

Rachel Rodman always dreamed of owning her own home, but life kept getting in the way.She became a mother at 19, then went through a complicated divorce that left her financially depleted. For many years, she felt resigned to renting with her son, James, now 14.Ms. Rodman, 33, earns a steady income as an events

The real estate analytics company poured millions of dollars into ads for Homes.com and Apartments.com in its latest effort to challenge rival home-search portals, like Zillow and Realtor.com.CoStar Group, the $34 billion real estate analytics company, slammed into its Super Bowl debut with four high-gloss commercials on Sunday night, buying up more airtime than Pepsi