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Homeownership
With rising home prices and stagnating wages, a new savings goal: Beyoncé tickets
by
Jordan Mangi
Aug 4, 2022
Concert tickets might not break your soul like, say, buying a home in this market could.
What does the existing home market look like, especially with mortgage rates rising?
Mar 18, 2022
The housing market for homes that have been occupied before is already tight and may become even more competitive.
Private equity money changed the housing market, then the pandemic hit
Sep 29, 2021
Big corporate landlords are more likely to evict and harder to talk to, experts say.
Does owning a home turn us into worse people?
by
Andie Corban
and Amy Scott
Aug 6, 2021
Vox's Jerusalem Demsas explains how homeownership can drive people to oppose policies that are beneficial for the entire neighborhood.
Report shows decrease in underwater mortgages
Aug 5, 2021
The numbers aren't like what they were during the housing crisis, when almost a quarter of homeowners owed more than what their home was worth.
Biden administration says it will address racial inequity in home appraisals
by
Andy Uhler
Jun 2, 2021
The government plans to use fair housing laws and regulatory action to address the racial disparity in home valuations.
Overcoming fear as a first-time homebuyer
May 25, 2021
“It’s been very empowering for me, even though it has been very difficult,” says Ko Bragg, a journalist based in New Orleans.
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Grandmother's foreclosed home tests new California law
May 6, 2021
The law gives tenants and nonprofits the opportunity to match a bid made at a foreclosure auction and purchase a property.
More homeowners are back to paying their mortgages
by
Amy Scott
May 3, 2021
But the recovery has been unequal. Black homeowners are at a higher risk of foreclosure when forbearance rules expire, one nonprofit says.
How homeowners have gained a financial advantage during the pandemic
by
Amy Scott
Sep 10, 2020
During the Great Recession, owning a house could sink you. Now, it's a life raft.