Dr. E.J. Antoni is a public finance economist at The Heritage Foundation. This article is edited and adapted from prepared remarks delivered today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Over the last three years, prices have risen...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Housing affordability – or, perhaps more accurately, the lack thereof – has quietly become a major issue in this year’s presidential election. I am using the word “quietly” because for too long the subject has not been talked about by the White...
For the first time since he took office, President Biden openly confronted the challenges facing the U.S. housing industry and offered several proposals aimed at homeownership and rental housing. A Last-Minute Acknowledgment Housing market issues were conspicuously...
Affordable homeownership opportunities in February were more abundant compared to one year earlier, according to Realtor.com’s housing report for February. Last month, homes in the $200,000 to $350,000 price range grew by 20.6% compared to February 2023,...
A major retailer shutting down stores, a federal regulator being pressed for transparency and living in a Mercedes-Benz (but not a car). From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are the Hits and Misses for the week of Feb. 25 to March 1. Miss: No Miracle on...
State Farm and Allstate Take Steps Toward Reopening California Home Insuran…
