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Are We In A Housing Affordability Crisis? It Depends

I was being interviewed about the housing market recently, and the reporter — Cory Smith of The National Desk — asked a deceptively…

Jun 24, 2024

A home for sale in San Diego, one of the nation’s least unaffordable markets. Photo by Jeff Ostrowski

Jun 24, 2024

Has the housing market reached its peak?

U.S. home prices have reached a plateau and will begin edging down, according to a new analysis by Redfin.

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Has the housing market reached its peak?

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Affordability squeeze eases a bit, but housing market still tough for middle class

A $75,000 income qualifies you for just 21% of homes listed for sale nationally, a new report says. That’s actually an improvement.

May 15

Affordability squeeze eases a bit, but housing market still tough for middle class

May 15

5 Weird Ways to Address the U.S. Housing Shortage

You’ve heard of ADUs. But what about dorms for adults, or ‘single-stair’ buildings?

May 14

5 Weird Ways to Address the U.S. Housing Shortage

May 14

Home Price Appreciation Comes to Flyover Country

Topeka, Peoria and Toledo are suddenly hot. And formerly hot markets in Utah and Florida have cooled.

May 8

Home Price Appreciation Comes to Flyover Country

May 8

Home prices are falling in some formerly hot markets

Price cuts. Sparsely attended open houses. Homes languishing on the market. Parts of Florida and Texas are seeing — gasp! — a slowdown.

May 1

Home prices are falling in some formerly hot markets

May 1

Case-Shiller Index shows home-price appreciation cooling a bit but still pushing higher

Once cold, New York is now hot. Once hot, Tampa Bay has turned chilly. But how much longer can the gains hold?

Apr 29

Case-Shiller Index shows home-price appreciation cooling a bit but still pushing higher

Apr 29

Home sales plunge, home prices keep rising

March 2025 home sales slowed to an annual pace of just 4.02 million, the slowest number for the month since the dark days of March 2009.

Apr 24

Home sales plunge, home prices keep rising

Apr 24

Why are home prices so high, and how can the affordability squeeze be eased? More building

For decades, a housing shortage has skewed the economies of major U.S. cities. Since 2020, the trend has only accelerated.

Apr 4

Why are home prices so high, and how can the affordability squeeze be eased? More building

Apr 4

Hot again: Housing markets in New York City, San Francisco come back strong

Five years ago, home sales in the nation’s two priciest big cities seemed to be dying. Now they’re on fire, and the Sun Belt has cooled.

Apr 1

Hot again: Housing markets in New York City, San Francisco come back strong

Apr 1

Jeff Ostrowski

Jeff Ostrowski

Jeff Ostrowski has chronicled two housing booms and one devastating bust. He writes about mortgages for Bankrate and appears on CNN, CNBC and other media.

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