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fromwww.housingwire.com
1 day ago
Real estate

Congress nears a housing deal and the investor fight is inside it

The bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act addresses America's housing crisis by streamlining environmental reviews, expanding financing for manufactured housing, and encouraging communities to accelerate production to close a supply shortage of one to seven million homes.
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks ago
US politics

Trump's housing plan must go deeper than lower mortgage rates

Housing affordability requires building 4.3 million more apartments by 2035 and addressing chronic housing supply shortages beyond mortgage rate reductions alone.
Real estate
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 day ago

Congress nears a housing deal and the investor fight is inside it

The bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act addresses America's housing crisis by streamlining environmental reviews, expanding financing for manufactured housing, and encouraging communities to accelerate production to close a supply shortage of one to seven million homes.
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Real estate
from24/7 Wall St.
1 day ago

KB Home vs. NVR: Which Homebuilder Stock Is the Better Buy Right Now?

KB Home and NVR face affordability headwinds and margin compression, but NVR's asset-light model and mortgage banking operations provide structural advantages over KB Home's land-heavy approach.
NYC real estate
fromFortune
2 days ago

Gen Z is defiantly 'giving up' on ever owning a home and is spending more than saving, working less, and making risky investments, study shows | Fortune

Younger generations are abandoning homeownership goals due to affordability crisis, leading to increased spending, reduced work effort, and risky financial decisions.
San Francisco
from48 hills
3 days ago

Lurie had a great year-if you're in the top 20 percent - 48 hills

San Francisco's economic boom under Mayor Lurie benefits only the wealthiest residents while driving up costs and cutting services for the lower 80 percent of the population.
California
fromThe Mercury News
3 days ago

Here's what California's candidates for governor had to say about home ownership

Over 80% of California families cannot afford median-priced homes at $900,000, forcing first-time buyers to delay purchases until nearly age 40.
fromThe Mercury News
5 days ago

Mahan: The key to lower cost housing in California is building at a lower cost

At the very root of our affordability crisis is the high cost of housing. High rents and expensive homes are driving families and high-wage jobs out of California. Our housing crisis makes it harder to hire teachers, child care workers and law enforcement officers; and it is closely linked to our crisis of street homelessness.
California
London
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Revealed: the new affordable commuter hotspots in Great Britain

Post-pandemic housing patterns have shifted back toward traditional commuter zones, but affordability challenges and new infrastructure are reshaping which areas attract homebuyers seeking value.
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 week ago

Rhode Island housing package targets zoning, parking and SROs

Rhode Island is becoming a model for housing policy in other states. We've passed more than 60 new housing laws that are having real results. He cited a 70% increase in building permits in 2023, the largest since the Great Recession. He also noted that construction takes time. We are still trying to play catch-up for all the years that Rhode Island was dead last in the country for new housing starts.
East Bay real estate
Miscellaneous
fromSan Jose Spotlight
1 week ago

Silicon Valley tech economy is hot, but not everyone benefits - San Jose Spotlight

Silicon Valley's economy boomed 38% in a decade with record innovation, yet extreme wealth inequality leaves half of households owning just 1% of regional wealth and requiring outside assistance.
Silicon Valley
fromThe Mercury News
2 weeks ago

Record wealth. Record costs. Here's Silicon Valley by the numbers

Silicon Valley's wealth concentration widens as investment income surges, creating stark disparities in housing affordability and demographic decline among lower-income residents.
Silicon Valley
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

Silicon Valley is richer than ever. Fewer residents are sharing in it.

Silicon Valley's wealth increasingly concentrates among affluent residents through investment ownership, while wage earners struggle despite six-figure incomes, widening economic inequality.
Philosophy
fromFast Company
2 months ago

The economy of self-the value of viewing yourself as a personal economic ecosystem

Individuals should cultivate a personal economic ecosystem—the Economy of Self—to protect and advance financial stability amid labor disruption, housing shortages, and rapid technological change.
Real estate
fromBusiness Insider
6 months ago

Cape Cod has an affordable housing problem. Could taxing the wealthy fix it?

Barnstable County proposes a 2% real estate transfer fee on sales over $2 million to fund affordable year‑round housing, projected to raise $56 million annually.
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