Rent

Average rents on single-family homes rose by about 3 percent nationally in 2018, according to a report out Tuesday from CoreLogic, up from 2.7 percent in 2017. As it happens, that’s about how much average wages grew during that same period before you factor in inflation. But those increases are lopsided. For the fifth year […]

Migrant workers like Ren Zhongyang work hard to earn money in Shanghai but struggle to find affordable rental homes there.

Californians' rejection of a rent control measure in November 2018 has prompted some politicians in Sacramento to talk about getting an anti-rent gouging cap on the books.

This isn’t a bad time to be in the independent bookstore business. The American Booksellers Association says there’s been a nearly 31 percent increase in the number of indie bookstores since 2009. The indie renaissance coincides with the collapse of national book chains. One threat to bookstores’ future: rising rents and labor costs. Click the […]

In cities where a housing shortage is driving up rents, some residents are withholding theirs to protest poor conditions.

“We have more licensed establishments than anywhere in the city. And we absolutely have more 311 complaints.”

Mobile homes are one of the last vestiges of affordable home ownership in the Seattle area, but mobile homeowners are being pushed out by skyrocketing real estate values.

A new law gives low-income residents access to free legal help in housing court.