Housing

Median incomes have grown since then. But median home prices have grown faster.

Homebuilder confidence fell to a 14 year low in October. The sector’s labor pool has been constricted by high-profile ICE enforcement.

Mortgage rates and existing home prices are high, but the spillover effect on today’s economy has turned out to be more limited than one might think.

Research Triangle Park in North Carolina is one of the country's largest research parks, but for most of its 65-year history it was designed for exactly one thing: weekday work.

Immigration enforcement has made it harder and more expensive to find workers, delaying construction in markets like the Rio Grande Valley.

We aren’t headed for the double-digit mortgage rates of the 1980s, but don’t expect the 3% rates of the pandemic, either.

A new report from the Urban Institute found that one in five working-age renters struggled to pay rent last year. The share of middle-income renters that are facing these challenges grew by the biggest margin.

If more local building contractors learn how to use cross-laminated timber, they could cut down on the time it takes to rebuild.

The average rate on a 30-year fixed just climbed above 7.1% for the first time in more than two years. That's making cheaper, adjustable-rate mortgages more attractive to some buyers.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit a more than two-year high last week, sending mortgage applications down for the third consecutive week.