America's small towns offer greater affordability than big cities, with lower crime rates, and community connectedness. A new ranking shows the most affordable and most livable small towns for buyers.
A new Bloomberg study of the most expensive commutes in the nation shows that residents of Charles County, Md., and Fauquier and Stafford Counties in Virginia had some of the highest commuting costs.
When correctly marketed, high-performance homes sell faster and at higher prices than do code-built, comparable homes, according to Phoenix-based realtor Jan Green.
In 2004, African American homeownership peaked at nearly 50 percent. The rate declined every year since. In 2017, the rate was 43 percent, cancelling out all gains since the passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968.
The State of Oregon's first-in-the-nation rent control bill caps annual rent hikes to seven percent (plus inflation), and is one of the quickest ways to alleviate pressure on housing affordability.
A new Bankrate study finds that 63 percent of Millennial homeowners have buyer's remorse. Their remorse rate is nearly twice that of buying Baby Boomers.
The fastest-growing renter segment in the U.S.? Also the largest living adult generation, Americans aged 60 years and up currently account for 22 percent of the current population.
With real estate's peak spring season on the horizon, knowing who's buying what in the market can be useful for agents and competing homebuyers. A new study tracks which buyers are local, and which are out-of-towners.
