Selling your home without a real-estate agent comes with a lot of grunt work, but could save you thousands. Here's how one owner did it.

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Derrick Chou and his Manhattan apartment.
Derrick Chou and his Manhattan apartment.

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The housing market is loosening up as mortgage rates sink, but 'window of opportunity could be narrow'

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Homebuyers signing a mortgage.

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Warren Buffett's company is so massive it's like a mini US economy - and its latest earnings may stoke recession fears

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Warren Buffett.

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Mortgage rates log biggest drop in over a year amid falling bond yields

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"For Sale" signs are seen outside a home in Glenview, Ill., Tuesday, July 27, 2021.

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We moved to Mexico from Texas and have never been happier. We're saving $2,000 a month and can even afford to go to the dentist.

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Spencer (left) and Braelyn Stone (right) in Mérida, Mexico.
Spencer (left) and Braelyn Stone (right) moved to Mérida, Mexico in 2022.

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'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary warns of a 'downsized America' as rising prices and loan payments force consumers to cut back

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"Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary.

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A train repairman spent $1 million turning a 100-year-old coach into a cowboy-themed home — see inside

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The exterior of the Pullman train car.

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

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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.

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

Yes, it's possible to get a 4.8% mortgage today — here's how

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Homebuyers may have better luck getting a low mortgage interest rate if they buy a new-construction house.

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From rates to inventory, here's where the US housing market stands in 4 charts

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The housing market in the US has been hobbled by decades-high mortgage rates and stubbornly high prices.

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