Yes, homes are the silent members of our families. They are part of the histories of our families. This is what makes saying goodbye to them so tough.
The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.24.2012
Milwaukee is taking a novel approach in dealing with its housing crisis: A foreclosure "fair." The city is hosting what it calls a "spring home own...
The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.04.2012
If you're trying to save money, you may want to consider buying a home. As contradictory as that may sound, renting cost 15 percent more than ownin...
The Huffington Post | Gene Demby | Posted 03.13.2012
According to a new report by the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington think tank, the housing crisis has eliminated large gains in home ownership am...
The Atlantic | Derek Thompson | Posted 03.02.2012
When older generations wonder what's the matter with Millennials, they often judge their younger cohorts against such financial and social benchmarks ...
Michael Ford | Posted 03.12.2012
What is the American dream? We began regular study of how people define and perceive the dream three years ago, and have discovered many misunderstandings worth a second look.
Posted 11.18.2011
The U.S. apartment market has recovered and is expanding, with vacancies expected to remain steady at 5.5 percent in 2012 and then fall below pre-...
The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.21.2011
Americans have been skittish about buying new houses since the collapse of the real estate bubble. But they remain committed to the idea of home owner...
The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.16.2011
As the national real estate slump deepens, home prices in many cities have crossed a worrisome milestone. It's cheaper to buy a home than to rent o...
The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 09.20.2011
Home ownership, long a central pillar of the American dream, seems increasingly unattainable for growing numbers of households. Yet old views died...
Mark Morford | Posted 08.15.2011
Here now, a hot factoid of curious news that will stupefy your parents and confound any extant grandparents and make many fundamentalists and most Mormons clutch their dogmas to their quivering breasts in mild but surefire panic.
csmonitor.com | Julia Michaels | Posted 07.20.2011
A paper cap corralling her long, curly hair and a white paper mask muffling the lilt of her salon gossip, Meire adjusts a neon ring of light and peers...
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 06.26.2011
NEW YORK -- Hardly a day goes by where Ashley Angello doesn’t fret about her student loan debt. Angello thinks about it at night, when packing ...
Lance Simmens | Posted 05.30.2011
It is truly difficult to imagine a comparable period of time where a president has had to face so many momentous decisions on such a broad array of di...
Rep. Chaka Fattah | Posted 05.25.2011
House Republicans have taken another pound-foolish step by voting to axe a program that provides a lifeline for middle-class homeowners who face foreclosure through no fault of their own.
HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK -- As unrest in the Middle East shows little sign of cooling, the price of a barrel of oil continues to climb, raising transportation and hea...
Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 11.17.2011
I earn a living representing buyers and sellers of real estate, so discouraging a client from entering into a transaction was certainly against my interests.
Joshua Lockwood | Posted 05.25.2011
We are all too familiar with the incredible devastation that the foreclosure crisis as inflicted across America: homeowners left destitute, communities destroyed, businesses ruined.
NPR | Posted 05.25.2011
But even as politicians of both parties have praised the idea of home ownership for decades, many Americans are starting to question if homeownership ...
Anna Cuevas | Posted 05.25.2011
The American public is losing countless homes due to non-compliance in procedures and incorrect answers being given to homeowners. You must be your own best advocate and question authority.
Gary Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
An interesting by-product of any downturn in an economy is that you can categorize the stakeholders into four categories -- victims, users, scavengers and survivors.
Vicky Collins | Posted 05.25.2011
Sarah was now a homeowner because of her partnership with BeadforLife. For many months she rolled beads out of recycled paper and saved her money for a down payment.
DailyFinance | CHARLES HUGH SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011
In the period beginning with the close of World War II and right up to 2005, buying a house opened up a pathway to upward mobility even for those with...
Ryan Mack | Posted 11.17.2011
I'd love for more Americans to realize the dream of owning their own home. But we need to be diligent enough to do our own research and not leave our financial futures in the hands of others.
Ben Tripp | Posted 05.25.2011
Vast numbers of highly qualified buyers can't get into houses, because the banks don't want to lend. We were told that crisis had passed, but it hasn't.
Robi Ludwig | Posted 05.17.2012