Tag: affordable housing
Rents Keep Climbing & Affordable Housing Vacancies Drop
Rent prices for affordable housing units climbed +0.8% to $986 in Q2 2021 while the vacancy rate for affordable housing dropped ever so slightly...
Middle Class Buyers Being Pushed Out of “The Triangle”
The population surge going on in North Carolina's Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) is among the largest in the country. (Compare it to the population surge...
Are Americans Maxed Out on their Houses?
For many Americans, finding affordable housing can be a challenge, and too often some buyers may decide to live in housing that they can’t...
As Supply Tightens, Pending Sales Take Hit
The number of pending home sales fell in May as buyers signed fewer contracts to purchase homes amid a market with an ever tightening...
Steve Murray Talks REALTrends About Dwindling Housing Supply
The thought of running out of housing in their market is a nightmare that will cause any real estate agent to lose sleep, and...
Which Cities Are Buyers Being Encouraged to Rent In? (Shocking!)
Conventional wisdom has always been that it is better to buy than rent. For many real estate agents, this idea has been at the...
Left Coast Increasingly Leaves Behind Minority Homebuyers
Real estate agents with a large minority clientele are finding a dwindling number of homes in major markets that are in reach of these...
Home Prices Tarnishing Golden State Home Market
California real estate agents are facing a challenging market in 2017, with increasing home prices, unsustainable costs of living and a lack of access...
Women Priced Out of Home Ownership by Gender Gap Earnings
Equal pay for equal work advocates haven't made much progress throughout our nation's history. Even today, women earn on average $.80 compared to the...
Affordable Housing Not So Affordable These Days
In the last quarter of 2016, housing became less affordable as Americans spent the highest share of their incomes on mortgage payments since 2010,...
