A lender pre-approval is stronger than a pre-qualification — and gathering your documents ahead of time can make the process faster and less stressful.

A buyer told me she'd been "pre-approved" in five minutes online and was surprised when her lender later asked for months of paperwork. Her …

Rates just climbed to 6.76% — here's a plain-English breakdown of what that number actually means, whether you're buying, selling, or trying to figure out which one to do first.

I had two calls back to back this week that started with almost the same question. One was …

Glendale's median sale price sits at $435,000, Peoria's at $540,000, and both markets are moving slower than they were a year ago — here's what that means if you're buying or selling this fall.

I got the same question on three separate calls this week: "Is now a …