The head of the National Association of Realtors abruptly resigned. She says she faced a blackmail threat.

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The National Association of Realtors said Monday that its president, Tracy Kasper, has resigned and will be succeeded by the trade group's president-elect, Kevin Sears.

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

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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.

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How much the typical first-time home buyer puts toward a down payment and where they get the money

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The typical first-time homebuyer's down payment is less than 10% in the US.

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Buying a home has become way too complicated

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Among a tangle of jungle plants and vines, a lane of houses appears, with eager real estate agents stand in front of the doorways. And the lane narrows, the horizons depicts the houses fragmenting, a lone orange house surviving in the large expanse of a starry night sky.
Two decades after companies like Zillow and Trulia revolutionized home search, the rest of the process remains pretty much the same.

Here are the top 3 reasons why Americans say they haven't bought a home in today's market

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Americans pointed to a lack of inventory, high mortgage rates, and expensive homes as reasons to hold off on purchasing a house.

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These 2 stats show how tight the US housing market has become in the last year

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Investor purchases of American homes dropped 45.8% year over year last quarter, according to Redfin.

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