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Housing Payments Now Eat Up Forty Percent of the Typical American Family’s Paycheck, up From Just Twenty Eight Percent Before the Pandemic Hit
The Math Has Shifted for Every Buyer The median American household now spends roughly 40% of its income on housing payments, up from about 28% before the pandemic in 2019, […]
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Binghamton Just Won Six Figure Judgments Against Two Landlords Accused of Leaving Tenants With Roaches, No Heat and a Porch That Was Collapsing
Two Landlords, $424,000 in Court-Ordered Penalties The City of Binghamton, New York has collected $424,000 in combined court judgments against two local landlords after years of unresolved housing code violations, […]
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Tropical Storm Edouard Dumped More Than Twenty Inches of Rain on Texas and Louisiana Homes, and Families Are Still Cleaning Up More Than a Week Later
More than a week after the remnants of Tropical Storm Edouard stalled over the Texas-Louisiana border and dumped upward of 20 to 22 inches of rain in spots, families in […]
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Beverly Hills Is Being Sued Over Its Own Short Term Rental Ban and the Lawsuit Could Decide Whether Cities Can Keep Banning Airbnbs at All
A group of Beverly Hills homeowners, renters, and property managers has sued the city over its ban on short-term rentals, arguing in federal court that the ordinance amounts to an […]
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Flash Flooding Tore Through Buffalo Homes This Week and Now the City Is Telling Homeowners Exactly How to Document the Damage Before Filing a Claim
Flash flooding tore through parts of Buffalo on Thursday, September 3, and the city has since issued official guidance walking homeowners through exactly how to document damage before they call […]
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Renters in Buffalo, Chicago and Houston Are Suddenly Searching for Homes Outside Their Own Cities, and Zillow Says It Is an Early Warning Sign for What Comes Next
Renters in three unlikely cities are suddenly browsing homes far outside their own zip codes, and researchers say the shift could be an early signal of where people are about […]
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Homebuyers Finally Have More Options Than They Have Had in Four Years as Redfin Just Reported New Listings Hitting Their Highest Point Since 2022
New listings just hit their highest level in four years, giving homebuyers a bigger menu of choices than they have had since 2022. Redfin reported 383,795 new listings nationwide on […]
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Rare San Antonio Mansion Hits the Market With a 1911 Servant Call System and an Attic Ballroom Most Buyers Have Never Seen in a Home Before
A 1911 mansion in San Antonio’s Beacon Hill neighborhood hit the market on August 28, 2026 for $875,000, and it comes with two features most house hunters have never encountered […]
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Tacoma Renter Says Toxic Mold Her Landlord Ignored for Months Left Her With Permanent Lung Scarring, and Now She Is Suing for Retaliation Too
A Tacoma renter says months of untreated mold in her apartment left her with permanent lung scarring, and she’s now suing her landlord not just over the mold but over […]
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Blackstone Is Being Accused of Secretly Overcharging Rent Stabilized Tenants by $30 Million Using a Pricing Trick Housing Advocates Say Broke the Law
A tenant watchdog group is accusing Blackstone of overcharging rent-stabilized tenants at Manhattan’s Frank Gehry-designed 8 Spruce Street tower by more than $30 million, using inflated “listed rents” instead of […]