Housing Affordability Sees Minor Improvements Despite Historic Gap: Report
Despite a trend of significant depreciation in home-price growth, home prices remain elevated overall. Coupled with rising mortgage rates, elevated ...
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Money Matters: Top 10 States Where People Move to Improve Financial Well-Being
The ability to pay the bills is one of the most important reasons why people choose to live where they ...
Manufactured Housing Energy Standards Lifted in Newly Passed Bill
Manufactured and modular housing have been embraced as one solution to reaching housing affordability, due to their ease to build ...
Fed Governor Miran Predicts Faster Drop in Housing Costs in New Remarks
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran said Monday that he expects a rapid decline in housing-related inflation despite higher costs for ...
Lock-In Effect ‘Trapping’ Homeowners, Preventing Moves: Report
The lock-in effect—the gap between existing mortgage payments and the cost of financing a home today—continues to widely affect housing ...
Only 3 Major U.S. Cities Still Pass Affordability Test: Report
When the typical U.S. household has to fork over 44.6% of their income just to afford a median-priced home, financial ...
Researchers Outline Efforts to Ease Burden on Middle-Income Renters
A number of new housing initiatives recently have focused on easing the burden on middle-income renters, according to researcher Alexander ...
Latest CPI Data Shows Lowest Inflation Since 2021
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was up 0.2% from June to July 2024 and up 2.9% from a year ago, ...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Plays Coy About Rate Cuts in Senate Hearing
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, mostly dodging questions about ...
‘Golden Handcuffs’ Likely to Shatter in 2024, Bright MLS Says
“Life happens.” While economists have struggled during the past year or so to draw conclusions from the post-pandemic macro environment, ...
3 Ways to Reclaim Your Work-Life Balance
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