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Housing
Rent reporting is affecting tenants' credit scores
by
Amy Scott
and Sofia Terenzio
Jan 1, 2024
In New York City, there's been an uptick in landlords reporting tenants' rents to credit bureaus, and not all renters are happy about it.
Streaming, housing, gas: How much did prices change in 2023?
by
Janet Nguyen
Dec 29, 2023
Your monthly streaming bill and mortgage payment might have gone up, but gas and egg prices cooled down.
Will 2024 be the year the housing market gets slightly less tough?
Dec 27, 2023
High mortgage costs, low supply of houses for purchase and high rents made for a pretty bleak year. But there's a glimmer of light on the horizon.
The housing sector is coming out of the doldrums. But will it keep improving through 2024?
by
Justin Ho
Dec 20, 2023
We jumped into the Marketplace time machine to ask some experts how things look from next December.
Housing construction was expected to fall in November. Instead, it surged.
Dec 19, 2023
Housing starts surged nearly 15%, blowing expectations out of the water. What does that mean for the future of the housing market?
Is cost of housing the culprit for pessimism about economy?
Dec 12, 2023
Inflation dipped slightly, but housing remains the biggest driver of rising prices.
With high prices and interest rates, homebuyers feel the pressure
Dec 8, 2023
Realty firm Redfin said homes are less affordable than at any time since they started tallying the numbers 11 years ago.
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More older people are still paying off mortgages
Nov 30, 2023
New data from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies shows that a growing number of people in their 60s, 70s and 80s still have mortgage debt, and they’re carrying more of it than than previous generations did.
Home prices in Detroit are on the upswing
Nov 29, 2023
They were up 6.7% in September from a year ago, according to an index out this week from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller — the highest of the 20 metro areas.
When Whoopi Goldberg was younger, homes were more affordable
by
Janet Nguyen
Nov 16, 2023
The economics of homebuying have changed over the decades.