After selling a home that she loved to move with her husband, Meg Tipton says she missed that house everyday. That is, until a familiar address showed up on Zillow.

The rate current homeowners pay has never been this low when compared to the rate for new mortgages.

August saw a 1.4% drop in active listings, while new listings dropped 1.1%, according to new data from Redfin.

“When you get a fixed-rate mortgage, it's like buying insurance against inflation, and you're paying for that insurance over the whole life of the mortgage,” one expert told us. 

Topher Soltys and his husband bought a place in New York City earlier this year, and saw their monthly housing costs double.

Here’s how the FARE Act, New York City’s new broker fee law, is working out so far.

The average age for a first-time homeowner is 38, but not all buyers enter the market at the same time.

It depends what region they work in, but overall they're finding ways to help buyers navigate a market full of expensive homes, high interest rates and, in some cases, soaring insurance costs.

The web site says transparency is better for buyers and sellers alike.

“For as stressful as it was financially and physically and just emotionally, it was worth it,” said Kirsten Roehler of her solo homebuying experience in Bailey, Colorado.