Housing

Racial covenants were used to prevent people of color from owning property, and can partially be blamed for lingering racial wealth gaps.

Pavlina Tcherneva at Bard College says that COVID provided an opportunity to rethink the labor market, health care and housing — but we missed that opportunity.

The first listing of a destroyed home in LA's Pacific Palisades neighborhood didn't last long.

New date from Zillow suggests the time of year owners sell affects how much they get. The best time varies by region.

After the fires, contractors are likely to choose higher-value properties in Pacific Palisades than less lucrative projects in Altadena.

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage shot up to nearly 8% in late 2023. It fell to just above 6% last fall, bounced back above 7% in mid-January, and declined again recently.

Prices are now rising fastest in the Northeast, and slowing in some Sunbelt markets that saw big spikes early in the pandemic.

It's the first time the home improvement retailer posted gains in two years. This is partly because homeowners are renovating instead of shopping for a new home.

A survey from the National Association of Home Builders found contractors' expectations fell to their lowest level in more than a year.

Tariffs and higher mortgage interest rates are at the top of the list.