Demand for apartments in the Midwest is outpacing Sun Belt as rental prices remain firm

Apartment demand in the Midwest has quietly become one of the strongest stories in American housing, even as the national rental market cooled. RentCafe, using data from its sister apartment rental analytics provider, Yardi matrixlisted Cincinnati as the best apartment market to watch this rental season. Minneapolis, Cleveland and Kansas City, Missouri, ranked in the […]

Mixed-density housing continues to grow as affordability reaches a breaking point

Housing affordability – and its impact on Americans’ quality of life – is becoming a market- and generation-defining issue. Higher interest rates, limited inventories, rising land costs and slower wage growth have combined to push home ownership further out of reach for many, especially first-time buyers, middle-income households and those looking for new construction. At […]

The Inflation You Can’t Ignore: Why Home Search Should Move from Price to Monthly Payment

Inflation hasn’t just made things more ‘expensive’. It disrupted household planning – because the largest line item in most budgets, housing, continues to be purchased in the wrong unit of measure. When families budget based on monthly outflows but search by list price, the market becomes inefficient, stress increases and mobility collapses. The solution is […]

Will New York’s Crafted Housing Law Reform Housing Finance?

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a long-awaited agreement state law designating constructed homes as real estate in December. Over the next eleven months, the question will be whether the newly enacted measure can deliver on the promised mortgage-style financing or get stuck due to legislative regulations. Regulators, lenders and manufactured housing advocates will spend […]

Shapiro unveils $1 billion plan to ‘go big’ in housing and zoning reform

With housing affordability at the forefront nationwide, Democratic Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro proposed a $1 billion program to build more housing across the state. Shapiro’s Critical Infrastructure Fund – nestled within his broader $53.26 billion budget recommendation – would support housing and infrastructure projects and finance them with capital raised through new bonds. “Instead of […]