The Cost of Owning a Home Is Soaring
By Charles Hugh Smith The soaring costs of home ownership are changing the metrics of unaffordability in important ways. We all know that buying a…
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Unaffordable Housing and Homeless Encampments: How Did It Get This Bad?
By Charles Hugh Smith To reverse the damage wrought by financialization, we must reverse financialization. The post-election hope that festering problems can now be solved…
Real Estate Bubbles: Where Rent Prices Are Going Up Or Down
By Tyler Durden Across real estate bubble cities, average rent prices have increased 5% since mid-2022 in real terms, while inflation-adjusted home prices have dropped…
20% Of Households Making Over $150,000 Live Paycheck-To-Paycheck
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com Bank of America has an interesting report on who’s living paycheck to paycheck (PTP). It’s not just the poor….
How Many Years Does It Take To Save For A Condo?
By Tyler Durden This graphic, via Visual Capitalist, shows the average number of years that a skilled worker must work in order to afford a…
California Homeowners Are Losing Their Insurance. Here’s Why…
Authored by Siyamak Khorrami via The Epoch Times Thousands of Californians have lost their home insurance coverage in recent years, a topic host Siyamak Khorrami…
Bombshell Report Reveals Government Conspiracy To Defraud Homeowners
By Charles Burris This powerful, must-see investigative presentation reveals the detailed factual basis of a massive, nationwide financial scandal of criminal fraudulent manipulation at the…
Who Wins and Who Loses When the Housing Bubble Pops?
By Charles Hugh Smith This time around, the Fed may not be able to “save” the bubble from a complete round-trip deflation, which history suggests…
A $1 Million Starter Home Is Now The Norm In 237 American Cities
Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Hundreds of cities across the United States now have starter homes priced at $1 million dollars or…
These Are The Fastest Growing Housing Markets In The US
By Tyler Durden This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu, shows the top 10 fastest-growing housing markets in the U.S., based on the growth of…
The Salary Needed To Buy A Home In 50 US Cities In 2024
By Tyler Durden In 2024, the median salary for the typical American home buyer has risen to $104,339 – up from $88,000 just two years prior….
Biden’s Rent Control Proposal Poses a Real Threat to Renters and Housing Providers
By Jason Sorens The Biden Administration just released a plan to cap rent increases at 5 percent for apartments owned by anyone who owns 50…
When Rents Rise, So Does Homelessness
By Tyler Durden According to a Pew Charitable Trusts study, rising rental prices are directly linked to an increase in homelessness in the United States. As…
Five Most Affordable Housing Markets For Non-Homeowner Households
By Tyler Durden House hunters are keeping a close eye on the 30-year mortgage rate, trending over 7%, as home prices continue rising to new record…