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President Donald Trump’s housing chief has strongly criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, labeling him a “maniac” and “deranged,” while blaming persis...
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After years of living on the street and crashing on friends’ couches, Quantavia Smith was given the keys to a studio apartment in Los Angeles that came with an ...
The American dream of homeownership, long a symbol of stability, achievement, and upward mobility, is facing unprecedented challenges as the median age of the a...
A coalition of bipartisan lawmakers has reintroduced the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA)(link is external) in the U.S. House of Representative...
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A potentially worrisome trend is emerging among young adults. Instead of landing a job and moving to the big city after graduation, many are moving back into th...
After the spring selling season flopped, the housing market is finally heating up in the colder autumn months as sellers slash prices more aggressively.Recommen...
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The White House says it is considering backing a 50-year mortgage to help alleviate the home affordability crisis in the country. But the announcement drew imme...
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Millennials and Gen Z are clamoring to break into the housing market—a feat seemingly impossible in an inflationary period with high home prices and mortgage ra...
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President Donald Trump played down the significance of his proposed 50-year mortgage plan in a recent interview, calling it “not even a big deal… it might help ...
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There’s recently been a little bit of breathing room in the U.S. housing market as mortgage rates have slightly declined and home price increases have started t...
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In the heart of Washington, D.C., where affordable housing options remain scarce, Richard Cunningham and Jésyl Crowdy-Cunningham are leading a quiet but powerfu...
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A proposal floated by the Trump administration to create a 50-year mortgage product to improve housing affordability could offer significant immediate savings t...
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Last month, the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee unanimously approved(link is external) the bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act — the most compre...
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Zillow’s September 2025 housing market report reveals an unexpected surge of activity during what is typically real estate’s slow season. A dip in mortgage rate...
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Baby boomers now own a majority of U.S. homes and have the financial means to stay where they are, keeping the housing market stuck for the foreseeable future, ...
Emelda Paul was 23 when she moved to a new apartment just a few blocks and “over the tracks” from her childhood home. She had three young daughters, and Lafitte...
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Tens of thousands of families across the Gulf Coast dealt with the tasks of rebuilding water damaged homes.On the Saturday before Hurricane Katrina made landfal...
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More Americans are experiencing the impacts of the nation’s worsening housing affordability crisis. Families are struggling to remain housed in an environment w...
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A growing sense of economic pessimism is taking hold in the U.S., as new Fannie Mae survey data reveals nearly 70% of Americans believe the economy is headed in...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a revised budget proposal(link is external) last week, kicking off final negotiations with the Legislature. The May Revisi...
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, with a long and daunting road ahead, Gulf Coast states looked to the federal government for help. The first major lifeline fro...
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