After 12 months of home sales drops, home prices affordable at $359k. Here's how much you need to make to qualify.
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3 tips for home buyers (and sellers) in a 2023 housing market that's declining but not crashing. Sellers and buyers can both win.
An Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation shows how investment firms are pushing homeownership out of reach for many first-time buyers. Across metro Atlanta, 65k homes have been bought by investors to rent. This piece shows the price trends and impacts for folks in these neighborhoods.
Here's how many homes you could buy in Philadelphia or Kansas City for the price of a Super Bowl ad in 2023.

White House says home leases shouldn't include clauses that unfairly favor landlords. Now Congress, USDA, CFPB, FTC, and other regulators will work on making this into law.
The White House Renters Bill of Rights rolled out last week is about safe housing, clear leases, renter rights, and eviction prevention.
This chart shows that active home shoppers can't find a home they can afford, can't find a home in neighborhood they want, can't find a home with features they want, or they get outbid.
This BI housing headline hysteria isn't cool or helpful to housing consumers. But they did create 5 great, relevant housing charts.
A few slides and stats on the buyer's market emerging in U.S. housing - 2023 may be good for buyers without being a rout for sellers.
Latest realtor.com data shows renters pay $792/mo less than buyers, but here's a growing list of cities where buying is better.
Millennials are buying multimillion-dollar homes via TikTok.
November pending home sales second worst ever as mortgage rates peaked, but rates down 1% since then. Keep eyes peeled for deals.
A conversation with residential analyst Mike DelPrete about Opendoor's troubles, the iBuying model and whether homes can ever be commoditized.
After arrest last week, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried made bail this week on $250m bond secured by his parents' property
This CoreLogic report has good charts on U.S. and non-U.S. home prices. They explain why non-U.S. prices may be dropping faster.

