The gap between the rates of homeownership among the most educated and the least educated widened between 1995 and 2005, and then held steady from 2005 to 2015. The portion of Americans who own their homes fell nationwide for all education levels over the last 10 years, even among the most educated households. High school […]
The Chicago housing market continued to move aggressively in August. The city saw a nearly 14 percent increase in sales, the largest increase since January.
L.A. home prices rose 7.9 percent in August from a year earlier to $615,000, continuing a run of annual price increases that’s lasted more than four years.
Washington, D.C., home prices increased 9.8 percent in August from a year earlier to a median sale price of $576,500. August sales surged 24.8 percent compared to last year.
San Francisco home sales declined for the eighth-consecutive month, falling 0.4 percent in August from a year earlier. Prices were flat, showing zero growth compared to last year.
Of all the homes currently for sale in California’s most populous counties, only 17 percent are affordable on the average California teacher salary of $73,536. This represents a 13 percentage point decline in affordable housing since 2012 when nearly 30 percent of all homes for sale were within reach on the then average salary of […]