‘Rats, roaches, mold’: Howard University students protest housing conditions | FOX 5 DC
Students at Howard University have entered day two of protests, organizing a sit in on campus to oppose poor housing conditions … source
Officials push to turn office buildings into housing amid home shortage, remote-work boom
The story at a glance The United States is facing a long-standing shortage of affordable housing and record office vacancy rates. Elected officials are pushing to speed up the conversion of commercial buildings to housing to address both issues. Regulatory and architectural challenges can make such a transformation complex and costly. Officials across the U.S., […]
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, April 2024 Update. Biggest Price Drops from 2022 Peak in San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix, Portland, Denver, Las Vegas, Dallas
New Highs in Miami, Los Angeles, San Diego, Boston, Chicago… The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index, released today and dubbed “March,” is a three-month moving average of home prices whose sales were entered into public records in January, February, and March. So that’s the time-frame we’re looking at here. It reflects Rate-Cut Mania that commenced in […]
Housing prices soar to a new all-time high in March
ResiClub co-founder and editor-in-chief Lance Lambert talks about the US housing affordability crisis on “Making Money.” Home prices hit a new record in March. Housing shortageThis is despite rising mortgage rates putting home buying out of reach for more Americans. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index showed Tuesday that national home prices rose 6.5% year-over-year in […]
Israel-Gaza war live: Aid groups ‘horrified’ by Israeli strike on camp housing displaced people in Rafah | Israel-Gaza war
Aid groups respond to Rafah attack Aid groups said they were “horrified” by an Israeli attack on tents housing displaced people in the southern city of Rafah, which left at least 35 people dead. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) The group said dozens of the dead and injured were taken to a trauma stabilization center supported […]
Locked out of the US housing market? Here’s how to win ‘revenge’ in the meantime
Are you tired of the rising cost of housing and high mortgage rates, the low supply of homes and the fierce bidding wars that are now a necessity to find a decent place to live? If you want revenge, buy mortgage-backed securities. No, investing in these lesser-known financial products won’t directly reduce your high housing […]
Blaze News investigates: Biden’s plan to fix the housing crisis will only make homes more expensive and out of reach, say housing experts
The U.S. housing crisis continues to worsen, dashing young Americans’ hopes of buying a home, but a new proposal touted by President Joe Biden may actually improve the situation, at least according to some experts. It is said that it will make things even worse. US home prices are at their worst level in 40 […]
Kari Lake says illegal immigration adding to housing affordability crisis
EXCLUSIVE — Arizona Republican Senate contender Kari Lake said the explosion of immigration over the past few years has hurt housing affordability. Lake, a former TV news anchor and 2022 GOP gubernatorial candidate, told the Washington Examiner during an interview focused on economic policy that the flood of immigrants into the United States has had […]
Tenant rights organizer sees opportunity amid housing crunch
As economic power concentrates in the housing market amid the highest inflation in 40 years, one tenant rights activist sees an opportunity to pursue fundamental changes in the way America approaches affordable housing. . Tara Raghuveer, founder of Kansas City’s influential Tenants Union and organizer of the National Federation of Tenants Unions, is leveraging the […]
The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, December 2023 Update
Down from 2022 highs: San Francisco -12%, Seattle -11%, Portland -6%; Denver, Phoenix, Las Vegas -5%; Dallas -4%, San Diego -2%, Los Angeles -1%. But new highs in 8 metros. Today’s S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index for “October” is a three-month moving average of home prices whose sales were entered into public records in August, September, […]