In 2021, Sarah and Brandon Jones moved to a floating cabin on Lake Fontana in western North Carolina. Even after renovations, living on the water was cheaper than land.

Homeowners can speed up the process by paying for private debris removal, but that can cost tens of thousands of dollars.

A new report by the First Street Foundation finds rising insurance costs and homeowners factoring in climate risk into purchase decisions could lower property values.

If demographics are destiny, then what’s happening here is eventually going to play out all over the country.

Zillow reported that Denver, San Antonio and Austin were the only metro areas where rents fell.

Cleveland, Milwaukee and Philadelphia saw the biggest rises. The Midwest remains a relative haven of affordability.

The home construction market has already been dealing with shortages of skilled labor and building materials, along with expensive construction loans. Those factors will add to the costs of rebuilding communities destroyed by fires.

After losing their home to a wildfire three years ago, this couple aimed to make their new property fire-resilient.

Shelter costs were 4.6% higher in December than a year earlier, and they account for more than a third of the consumer price index.

Wyoming Game and Fish stretched state dollars in a costly market by renting factory-constructed homes to staff.