By all available means, data, and metrics, housing prices are still soaring. The growth seen by the typical single-family home over the past two years has been blistering ...
Read More »National Median Mortgage Payment Rises Month-Over-Month
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has launched a new affordability index aiming to measure how new mortgage payments vary across time relative to their income. The new monthly ...
Read More »Declining Affordability Can be Remedied by Remote Work
The fact that remote work is sticking around means homebuyers can leverage their newfound freedom if affordability becomes an issue.
Read More »Survey Finds Affordability to be Biggest Barrier to Homeownership
Re-issuing a survey first completed three years ago, PropertyShark, a property research firm for commercial and residential tracts, found that Millennials have become more pessimistic about their housing options than they were ...
Read More »The Rise of ADUs in the Affordable Housing Crisis
Freddie Mac’s newest survey found sales of homes with accessory dwelling rose more than 4% in 2019.
Read More »Analyzing HUD’s Proposed Revisions to Fair Housing Rule
While there are those that seem to agree that local zoning laws impede affordability, to some, the issue is a partisan one.
Read More »Is California Built-Out?
A new study looks at how the affordability crisis began in the state and the barriers standing in its way.
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