Housing

It wasn't that long ago that a typical starter home might have been an urban condo. But now that people are waiting longer to buy a home, they're often looking in the suburbs.

In cities like Las Vegas, LA, and Miami, investors are crowding out prospective homebuyers. But it’s not just corporate landlords.

There’s not much out there for people at the low end of the income spectrum, and those households are more likely to pay at least half their income on rent and utilities.

Are home prices in Vegas up because of investors, or are investors here because home prices are accelerating? Experts say it’s hard to know for sure.

Nearly two-thirds of builders are offering things like free appliances or lower-interest rate loans, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

When the price of housing is high, moving out of a family home or other group living situation to live on one’s own is less attractive.

A new class of overnight millionaires and billionaires are bidding up San Francisco housing at the fastest rate in the country. And that’s before Anthropic and OpenAI have even gone public.

Mortgage rates are up since early spring, and home prices continue to rise, albeit more slowly.

Stuart Thompson, reporter at the New York Times, tried selling his house using a chatbot instead of a realtor. The result? A higher sale price than he was expecting.

Kansas City homeowners hoped for a windfall by renting out their places to tourists during the World Cup. But despite an overall increase in bookings, many hosts haven’t seen an influx of guests.