These are the 20 most affordable and fast-growing US cities — and 2 of the top 5 are in Texas

Tech Insider : Economy
Overview of Killeen, Texas
Killeen, Texas.

Courtesy of City of Killeen

The future of homebuying is here — and it's going to be a whole lot better

Tech Insider : Economy
Gave coming down on a house.
A wave of multibillion-dollar lawsuits poses a real threat to the old way of buying and selling homes. In the chaos that follows, regular buyers and sellers could come out on top.

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

A boomer moved from coastal Florida to a mobile home in a small Vermont town. She said she 'couldn't get out of Florida fast enough.'

Tech Insider : Economy
Montpelier, Vermont.
Montpelier, Vermont.

Sean Pavone/Shutterstock

A boomer moved from Silicon Valley to a small city in Texas' Hill Country. He said the people are friendlier and his community is much more peaceful.

Tech Insider : Economy
Bill Ross and his wife
Bill Ross and his wife moved to Boerne, TX.

Bill Ross

Real-estate agents may be forced to charge home buyers less, thanks to a new $1.8 billion verdict

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
A judge's gavel and a house.
Beyond the eye-popping damages, a recent verdict against the National Association of Realtors and the country's biggest brokerages could also fundamentally change how we buy and sell homes.

Chelsea Jia Feng/Insider

On Tuesday afternoon at a courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri, the collective nightmare of the real-estate industry became reality.

See how a couple transformed a $95,000 haunted Victorian mansion in Michigan into a colorful, maximalist wonderland

Tech Insider
A side by side image: Left: a small white dog lays on a blue couch in a room painted green with a stuffed white peacock and many framed paintings. Right: A woman with blond hair smiling.
Michelle Carder, right, has spent $250,000 transforming her dated Victorian into a colorful home in Michigan.

Courtesy of Michelle Carder

Americans now need to earn a record $115,000 to afford a typical home - up more than 50% since the pandemic

Tech Insider
Income required for median US home
Income required for median US home

Redfin

I left Houston for a small Texas town. Now I own a house, my kids like it more, I feel safer, and my neighbors are like family.

Tech Insider
Quiana Darling and her sons.
Quiana Darling and her sons in their home.

Courtesy of Quiana Darling.

A Gen Z worker in Spain spends just 5% of his income each month after years of planning. He explains how he does it and how others can increase their savings.

Tech Insider : Economy
Santiago Puértolas
Santiago Puértolas saves 95% of his monthly income, but it took him over seven years to plan how to do so.

Santiago Puértolas

The 10 states with the most single homeowners

Tech Insider
woman walks into house
There are over 35 million Americans that buy homes without a partner or spouse.

The Good Brigade/Getty Images

Subscribe to Homebuyer