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Renting Is Now Cheaper Than Buying in Nearly Every Major American City, and the Gap Has Grown so Wide That Even Longtime Homeownership Believers Are Reconsidering
A household now needs to earn $35,232 more a year to buy the typical home than to rent one, according to Redfin’s February 2026 rent-versus-buy report. That gap is actually […]
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Average American Renter Now Needs to Earn More Than Sixty Thousand Dollars a Year Just to Afford a Typical One Bedroom Apartment Without Being Considered Cost Burdened
A renter now needs to earn $60,715 a year, or $29.19 an hour working full time, just to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment without spending more than 30% of their […]
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Foreclosure Filings Are Climbing Fastest in Sun Belt Cities That Were Considered the Safest Bets for Investors Just Two Years Ago, and the Reversal Is Forcing Lenders to Rethink Which Markets Carry the Least Risk
U.S. foreclosure filings climbed to 227,548 properties in the first half of 2026, a 21% jump from the same period a year earlier, according to ATTOM’s mid-year foreclosure report. Much […]
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Vrbo Quietly Started Fining Hosts the Full Price of a Booking for Locking Guests Out and a Year Later Guests Say It Actually Changed Something
Vrbo quietly started fining hosts the full price of a booking for locking guests out of their reserved property, and nearly a year after the policy took effect, it’s worth […]
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Home Sellers Are Increasingly Offering to Cover a Buyer’s Closing Costs Just to Get a Deal Signed, and Agents Say the Concession Has Quietly Become the New Normal
Nearly half of home sellers, 46.2%, gave buyers some kind of concession in May 2026, the highest share on record for that month, according to Redfin’s own housing data. Covering […]
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Typical American Home Buyer Now Submits Two Offers Before Ever Getting a Signed Contract, as Fresh Data Shows Most Homes Are Still Fielding Multiple Bids
The typical American home buyer now submits two separate offers before finally getting a contract accepted, and the properties they’re bidding on are fielding an average of 2.2 offers apiece, […]
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Home Appraisals Are Still Coming in Under Contract Price Often Enough That Buyers and Sellers Are Splitting the Difference Just to Keep Their Deals From Collapsing
About 10% of home appraisals now come in below the agreed-upon contract price, according to industry data reviewed by HomeLight, and when that happens, the deal doesn’t automatically fall apart. […]
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Routine Home Repair Permit Filed Under Donna Kelce’s Name Turned Into an Internet Joke That Even Her Own Son Jason Could Not Resist Joining
A routine permit filing for nine replacement windows and six replacement doors at Donna Kelce’s Orlando condo turned into one of the biggest internet jokes of the year, and even […]
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Real Estate Agents Say a Rising Number of House Hunters Now Show up to Open Houses With a Professional Inspector in Tow Before Ever Making an Offer
A growing number of house hunters are no longer waiting for a signed contract to bring in a professional. Instead, they are showing up to open houses and early showings […]
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Families Who Make Well Above the Median Household Income Are Still Getting Outbid on Starter Homes, and the Math Behind Why Is Genuinely Hard to Watch Unfold
A family earning $106,800 a year, the national median household income as of the first quarter of 2026, would still need to hand over roughly a third of that income […]