New-Home Sales Seattle Millennials Can Secure a Down Payment by Being Airbnb Hosts A year-old company called Loftium is helping first-time homebuyers overcome obstacles to saving—like student debt—by providing the down...
Single-Family Homes Dallas, Denver Among Markets Where Home Values Have Rebounded Dallas, Denver, Nashville, and Portland, Ore., are the top four housing markets where homes have not only recovered their pre-recession...
Sales In Some College Towns, It's Cheaper To Buy A Condo Than Live In A Dorm The cost of a college education—tuition, books, meal plans, and especially housing—is skyrocketing, to the point where it may be cheaper in...
Single-Family Homes How Institutional Landlords Responded To Hurricane Harvey An entirely new asset class of large institutional landlords was put to the test by Hurricane Harvey. Two such companies, Starwood Waypoint...
Economics If Rent Was Affordable, Renters Would Have An Extra $6,200 A Year If renters paid only what they could afford in rent, the average household would have an extra $6,200 per year to spend on other necessities...
Sales + Marketing Lower-Priced Homes Struggle To Regain Pre-Recession Value Homes in the bottom third of the market, aren’t experiencing the same post-recession recovery in value as homes in the more expensive tier....
Innovation Disaster Resliency Could Be Selling Point for Solar Panels and Batteries In the wake of three powerful Atlantic hurricanes this year that caused widespread power outages, some homeowners may find solar panels and...
Sales + Marketing Who the Housing Recovery Is Leaving Behind New data released by Zillow shows that lower-priced homes are recovering their value more slowly than higher-priced homes. More than half of...
Economics Most People Have Yet To Live The American Dream Given that the concept of the American Dream is tied so tightly to homeownership, plenty of people are a bit miffed that they are not living...
Innovation Washington D.C. To Open $2.5 Billion Commercial And Residential Development Inspired by similar waterfront redevelopments from across the world, next month Washington D.C. will open the Wharf, a $2.5 billion...