Mortgage rates shoot to 2-month high after hot inflation report
A “For Sale” sign outside a house in Albany, California, on May 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates shot higher Friday after a monthly…
Americans shacking up with exes during ongoing housing crisis
Americans are choosing to remain in a living situation with their exes amidst the ongoing housing crisis, a move that experts say may prove emotionally taxing despite the potential financial…
Broker fee insanity reveals how Democrats broke NYC housing
One of the worst consequences of New York’s insane housing regime is people like the broker who tried to charge a client an insane $15,000 fee for a downmarket, rent-controlled…
RealPage antitrust lawsuits allege collusion among corporate landlords
A group of renters in the U.S. say their landlords are using software to deliver inflated rent hikes. “We’ve been told as tenants by employees of Equity that the software…
Court blocks Florida law barring Chinese citizens from owning property
A “For Sale” sign sits in front of a new home May 27, 2004 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images A U.S. appeals court has blocked Florida from…
Warren pushes Fed Chair Powell to cut rates, ease housing pressure
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, left, speaks with Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington,…
Housing costs now unaffordable for record number of US renters
If you find yourself struggling to make your rent payment every month, you’re not alone. More Americans are having that problem than ever before, according to new data from Harvard…
Here’s what could actually help NYC’s housing crisis
With the new year comes an event that New York housing advocates should face with dread: the annual session of the state legislature. Dread, of course, because the legislature’s Democratic…
The 2023 U.S. economy, in charts
A pedestrian holds an umbrella as they walk along a street in the rain in Times Square, New York, on Sept. 26, 2023. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images…
NatWest chair criticised for saying not that difficult to buy a home
Howard Davies, chairman of Natwest Group Plc. Bloomberg | Getty Images The chair of one of Britain’s biggest banks faced a backlash Friday after saying it is not “that difficult”…