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HOA Boards Keep Fighting Families Over Wheelchair Ramps Built for Disabled Residents and Federal Regulators Keep Stepping in to Stop Them
A ramp is plywood and railing, maybe forty square feet of decking bolted to a porch. To a homeowners association bylaw written for curb appeal, it can look like a […]
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Shared Driveway Easement Fights Keep Landing in Court and Judges Keep Reminding Feuding Neighbors Who Actually Has the Legal Right of Way
In 2015, Glenn and Valerie Wilson stretched a chain across a strip of gravel on their property in Richmond, Rhode Island, and backed it up with a stockade fence. That […]
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Gen Z Renters Are Now Handing Over a Noticeably Bigger Slice of Every Paycheck for Rent Than Any Generation Before Them Did at the Same Age
Renters under 25 are now more likely to be cost-burdened than any other age group in the country, including retirees. Sixty percent of renter households headed by someone under 25 […]
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Millions of Renters Are Just Now Finding Out They May Be Owed Real Cash From a Massive Rent Pricing Software Settlement Years in the Making
Renters who leased an apartment at a building using RealPage’s pricing software between 2018 and 2025 may be owed money from a $359.9 million antitrust settlement, and the window to […]
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Sellers Who Sign a Contract and Then Get a Much Better Offer From Someone Else Cannot Just Walk Away No Matter How Tempting That Offer Is
Nearly 53,000 signed home-purchase agreements fell apart in a single month this spring, according to Redfin’s tracking of March 2026 closings, 13.4% of everything that went under contract, tied with […]
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Sellers Are Increasingly Refusing to Move Out After Closing and Evicting Someone From a House You Now Legally Own Can Drag on for Months
Tracie and Myles Albert closed on a four-bedroom house in Riverside, California, on January 31, 2020. They had drained their savings and taken out a hard money loan to cover […]
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Cash Offers Are Still Nearly Quadrupling a Buyer’s Own Odds in a Bidding War While Popular Tricks Like Escalation Clauses Do Nothing
Twenty-one percent of 2025 home sales went to first-time buyers, according to the National Association of Realtors’ newest buyer profile, released this past November, the lowest share NAR has ever […]
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House Hunters Are Now Showing Up to Open Houses With Their Own Hired Contractor in Tow Before They Will Even Think About Writing an Offer
Housing inventory climbed to 4.9 months’ worth of supply in August, the highest level in more than a decade, according to the National Association of Realtors. That single number helps […]
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Mortgage Rates Just Made Another Move This Monday Morning and Buyers Who Have Been Sitting on the Fence Are Running Out of Reasons to Keep Waiting
Mortgage rates ticked higher again on Monday, giving would-be buyers one more data point to weigh as they decide whether to keep waiting or finally make a move. The average […]
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Samsung’s New See Through Fridge Door Lets Families Peek at What’s Inside Without Ever Opening It and Losing the Cold Air
Every kitchen has the same ritual: someone opens the fridge, stares into it for ten seconds trying to remember what they came for, then closes it and lets a little […]