Posts Tagged ‘housing’
The U.S. housing market in 2025: A year of normalization
After housing market cycles defined by extreme shortages, rapid price appreciation and frenetic buyer competition, this year delivered something closer to balance. Inventory climbed meaningfully, price growth flattened and homes took longe...
The builder self-remedy for housing development
Why this article is important: Developers are using the builder’s remedy as a workaround for restrictive local zoning ordinances. The loophole is preemptive legislation permitting builders to organically correct local housing shortages.Builde...
Mamdani Taps Leila Bozorg as Housing Czar
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has a housing czar. Mamdani on Friday tapped Adams administration alum Leila Bozorg as his deputy mayor of housing and planning. Bozorg is Adams’ executive director of housing, a new role he created in 2023 that r...
HUD investigating Boston housing policy, alleging discrimination
Accusations also include encouraging banks and real estate developers to focus on those communities, rather than all low-income households, the Washington Post first reported. “As you are aware, the Trump administration is dedicated to pr...
Round Swamp Farm Helped Kill an Affordable Housing Project
The proposed 6.5-acre development site, as seen in a listing photo, included two adjoining parcels with access to Three Mile Harbor Road and West Dr...
Housing Tracker: Southern California home values rise slightly in October
Southern California home prices rose in October, stopping a five-month skid that saw the average home value fall more than $14,000 since April.In October, the average home price across the six-county region climbed to $860,773 — a 0.01% incr...
As Trump calls affordability a ‘con job,’ Democrats unveil an affordable housing plan
WASHINGTON — As the economy emerges as a likely defining issue in next year’s midterm elections, President Trump has wrestled with Americans’ rising cost of living, declaring himself the “affordability president,” then soon dismiss...
Top 10 Home Buying Markets for Manufactured Housing in 2025
Key Takeaways Arizona metros lead. The Grand Canyon State accounted for three of the top five manufactured housing cities. The Sunbelt shines. Every single top-10 state by manufactured homes fell across the Sunbelt. Affordability hack....
