Renters

A Sign Of Hope For The Housing Market

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Bank of America, Homeowners, Home Foreclosures, Mortgages, Video, Rental Option, Home Prices, Distressed Mortgages, Foreclosure, Renters, Short Sales, Business News

Don't look now, but there's a sign of hope in the foreclosure crisis. There were more short sales than foreclosure sales in January, according to d...

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Taxpayers Spend Staggering Amount To Keep Foreclosed Homes Looking Nice

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Vacant Homes, Housing Market, Housing Prices, Foreclosure Crisis, Freddie Mac, Vacant Houses, Vacancies, Fannie Mae, Homeowners, Foreclosure, Home Maintenance, Maintenance Costs, Renters, Housing Crisis, Video, Business News

The foreclosure crisis is costing you money. How much, exactly, depends on a number of factors -- whether you own a house, what your property is wo...

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In These Cities, The Rent Really Is Too Damn High

24/7 Wall St. | Michael B. Sauter, Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: National Low Income Housing Coalition, Income Inequality, Wages, Rent, Nlihc, Renters, Income, Recession, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: The homeownership rate dropped to 66 percent of all households in the fourth quarter of 2011 — the lowest rate in over a decade....

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Why It's A Terrible Time To Be A Low-Income Renter

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Housing Prices, Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Poverty, Apartments, Homeowners, Low Income Families, Shaun Donovan, Affordable Housing, Low Income Renters, Video, Rental Market, Homeownership, Low-Income Housing, Low Income, Renters, Housing and Urban Development, Business News

Everyone knows the economy has been rough on homeowners lately. But for people who rent -- especially for people who rent and don't make very much mon...

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The Rent Is Too Damn High In Every State In America

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Housing Market, Housing Prices, Housing Bust, Rent, Renting, Apartments, Rentership, Homeowners, Rental Units, Working Poor, Video, Homelessness, Housing Crash, Homeownership, Doubling Up, Low-Income Housing, Renters, Rental Housing, Business News

The poorest people in America are running out of places to live. In every state in the country, there are people looking for cheap rental housing -...

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INFOGRAPHIC: Basically No One Wants To Date That Guy Living With Mom

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Roommates, Trulia, Foreclosure Crisis, Morgan Stanley, Dating, Homeownership, Mortgage Crisis, Valentine's Day, Homeowners, Real Estate, Renters, Housing Bubble, Business News

Apparently the idea of going back to someone's shared apartment or home after that Valentine's Day dinner isn't very appealing. Love-seekers tend ...

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Job Relocation Help Less Likely For Homeowners

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.02.2012

The percentage of people moving for new jobs fell to a near-historic low in the second half of 2011, according to a recent report, as the housing bust...

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Toni's Take on Real Estate: The Rent Race

Toni Haber | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Manhattan Real Estate, Real Estate, NY Real Estate, Housing Market, Renters, New York Real Estate, Renting, New York News

They say if you can make it here you can make it anywhere, and that old line certainly rings true for Manhattan's renters. NYC is truly a tough market for those looking to lease or ready to rent.

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Homeless Rate Ready To Rise

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Poverty, Homeowners, Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP), Working Poor, Video, Unemployment, Rental Market, Economic Stimulus Package, Homelessness, Naeh, Homeless, Federal Budget Cuts, Foreclosure, Hprp, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Renters, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Business News

Although the recession has officially been over for two years, the worst may be to come for many people. Job losses rose during the last few years....

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Homeownership Rates Take Their Biggest Drop Since The Great Depression

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing, Housing Industry, Home Prices, Ownership Society, Great Recession, Homeownership, Renting, Homeowners, Foreclosure, Real Estate, Renters, Housing Bubble, Great Depression, Video, Business News

During his presidency, George W. Bush spoke of his vision for an "ownership society," an America where anyone and everyone who wanted to could stake a...

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American Dream Still Includes Home Ownership, But Not McMansions

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Suburbs, Trulia, Home Owners, Baby Boomers, Housing Sector, Housing Prices, Housing Market, Suburbia, American Dream, Real Estate, Home Ownership, Renters, Generation Y, Cities, Video, Business News

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...

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She Who Hesitates, Rents

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Intereste-Rates, New York Home Prices, Long Island, Mortgages, Home Buyers, Real Estate Prices, New York Real Estate, Home Sales, Real Estate, Renters, Mortgage Refinancing, Home Foreclosures, Home Sellers, New York News

The woman was fidgety as she shared her qualms about buying a house. More than once she said, "I know this doesn't make total sense..." as she discussed the reasons for her reluctance.

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Country Moving Toward 'Rentership Society': Is The American Dream In Trouble?

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Housing Starts, Mortgages, Home Buyers, Housing Market, Unemployment, Housing, Economy, Homeownership, Homeowners, Construction, Real Estate, Home Ownership, Renters, Business News

Home ownership, long a central pillar of the American dream, seems increasingly unattainable for growing numbers of households. Yet old views died...

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Ailing Housing Market Creating New Generation Of Renters

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Unemployment, Apartment, Home Prices, Home Sales, Renting, Banks, Foreclosure, Real Estate, Renting a Home, Renters, Business News

WASHINGTON — A growing number of Americans can't afford a home or don't want to own one, a trend that's spawning a generation of renters and a r...

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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus. But There Is No Due Process in Florida

Monique Zimmerman-Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Crist, Hamp, Bank of America, Gary Stein, Florida, Foreclosure, Michael Moore, Robosigners, Huffington Post, Renters, Monique Zimmerman Stein, Impact News

As we fight for homeowners to do the right thing and uphold their side of the lease, I feel that is important for the court system and press to understand what is happening to renters across the country.

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Renters Find New Ways To Go Green

Mother Nature Network | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Green Living, Green Your Home, Green Your Apartment, Renters, Green News

Being an eco-friendly consumer isn't about placing a giant solar panel on your roof. Paula Cino is the director of energy and environmental policy wit...

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Renters Threatened Again During Foreclosure Crisis

Daily Finance | Bruce Kennedy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Housing Market, Bankruptcy, Economy, Housing Crisis, Renters-Foreclosures, Renters, Foreclosures Rising, Mortgage Crisis, Business News

It's one of those stories that sounds appalling, that you might hope the media is playing up just for its shock value: responsible and conscientious t...

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Low Wages and the Metropolitan Middle Class

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Great Recession, Economy, Wages, The Atlantic, Richard Florida, San Francisco, Joel Kotkin, Houston, Renters, Rent Burdened, Income, Rental Housing, Santa Fe, Housing Costs, New York News

The Welfare to Work reforms of the 1990's may have shrunk the public assistance rolls, but has not necessarily improved financial stability for low-income households.

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Katrina Pain Index 2010 New Orleans -- Five Years Later

Bill Quigley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Racism, Hurricane Katrina, Center for Constitutional Rights, Renters, Charter Schools, Gender, Politics News

The challenges facing New Orleans after Katrina are the same ones facing millions of people of color, women, the elderly and disabled and their children across the US. But Katrina made these challenges far more clear.

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Co-Op Board Cancels Sale After Seeing Kid's Facebook Page

BrickUnderground | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Upper East Side, Co-Op Checks Facebook, Homebuyers, Real Estate, Facebook, Renters, New York, New York City, New York News

A reliable source tells BrickUnderground that a posh Upper East Side co-op quashed a sale after running a Facebook check--on the buyer's children. "T...

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HUD Wants Help Creating Anti-Gay Discrimination Study

AP | KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Rights, Housing, Hud, New York City, Chicago, Equal Rights, Lesbians, Housing Rights, Gays, Renters, San Francisco, Landlords, Politics News

CHICAGO — When federal officials studied housing discrimination based on race, the setup was simple: They sent in testers of different backgroun...

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Housing Crisis Broadening: Even Renters Are Not Safe From Foreclosures

The Washington Post | Robin Shulman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renters Foreclosures, Urban Institute, Fannie Mae, Institute for Housing Studies, NeighborhoodInfo DC, Janeia Sandiford, Ocelot Capital Group, Rental Buildings, Renters, D.C. Local Initiatives Support Corp., Rental Investors, propertyshark.com, Business News

A new wave of foreclosures stands to hurt people who may have never taken out a mortgage: renters. ...

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Apartment Vacancy Rate Surges 7.8%, Rents Fall

The Wall Street Journal | NICK TIMIRAOS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing Market, Housing, Vacancy Rates, Economy, Apartments, Developers, U.S. Apartment Vacancy Rate, Real Estate, Apartment Vacancy Rates, Renters, Housing Crisis, Recession, Apartment Buildings, Rents, Business News

The U.S. vacancy rate reached 7.8%, a 23-year high, according to Reis Inc., a New York real-estate research firm that tracks vacancies and rents in th...

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Unable To Sell Their Houses, Millions Of Homeowners Are Turning Into Landlords

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Becoming Landlords, Renting Their Homes, Housing Crisis, Homeowners, Renters, Business News

Buying a new house last December was an easy decision for Brad and Melanie Juarros. They had been eyeing foreclosed properties for months in their Sa...

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HuffPost Readers: Are You A Homeowner Turned Landlord?

Huffington Post | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing Market, Homeowners, Renters, Recession, Housing Crisis, Housing Slump, Income, Landlords, Business News

The Huffington Post is examining the fallout from the housing bust, and we're looking for homeowners who have become landlords. Are you trying to su...

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