...San Francisco, and California as a whole, has been plagued with affordability issues for most of 2019. A report by LendingTree last month found that the average home in the...
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American Affordable Housing Crisis, European Solutions
Commentary from Shareable said America should look across the world and how other governments have found solutions to housing shortages and affordability challenges. “But, elsewhere in the world, governments have...
Read More »Where Are the Best Markets for First-Time Homebuyers?
...purchase a home. AEI Housing Center states that affordability from 2013 to 2018 has taken a hit due to home prices rising faster than incomes in many metros. Home prices...
Read More »HUD, NAR Discuss Barriers to Homeownership
The National Association of Realtors and the Department of Housing and Urban Development held a roundtable discussion, highlighting affordability concerns across the nation. “Housing affordability is one of the most...
Read More »Apple’s $2.5B Affordable Housing Plan
Apple released a $2.5 billion plan Monday to help address the housing shortage and affordability issues in California. The tech giant said costs for both renters and homeowners have skyrocketed...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Affordability Measured
Black Knight's latest Mortgage Monitor report is set to release on Monday. In the previous report, Black Knight revealed that affordability was up, it now requires 20.7% of the national...
Read More »Troubling New Trend for Mortgage Rates
...ranges, except for luxury homes, priced above $1 million, with entry-level homes experiencing double-digit contraction,” Ratiu said. “Prices continued rising, clamping a tight vice on affordability, especially for younger, first-time...
Read More »Single-Family Zoning Being Questioned Across the Nation
...on coastal markets, as areas once deemed affordable are seeing home prices rise and affordability become an issue. A Los Angeles Times report details how California lawmakers successfully passed pieces...
Read More »Home Sales Bounce Back in September
...affordability,” he said. “But home prices are rising too fast because of insufficient inventory.” The regional indices were mixed in September, with the Northeast experiencing the smallest change of the...
Read More »8 Million First-Time Homebuyers Primed to Boost Market
...growth and low interest rates are helping affordability. As a result, we are optimistic that first-time homebuyers will contribute more to home ownership than at any time since the start...
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