The U.S. is in a massive housing bubble fueled by widespread fraud. With banks incentivized to look away and Wall Street and Washington incentivized to keep housing prices artificially high, a bottom-up approach is the only hope for bringing sanity back to the housing market.
Read MoreThe Federal Reserve just cut interest rates. Some people are celebrating the move as making housing more attainable, but it's really just reinforcing the housing trap. Need proof? Look no further than the 40-year mortgage.
Read MoreWe can’t wait for big government housing programs to fix the housing affordability crisis — in fact, they can actually make things worse. But don't lose hope. Local governments have the power to tackle the housing crisis in ways that actually work.
Read MoreA financial bubble is, by definition, unsustainable. So, why have we recreated the 2000s housing bubble?
Read MoreAnd why a lot of people will remain unimpressed by it.
Read MoreHere’s how high-end shoes can help us understand why the housing market is in the state it’s currently in.
Read MoreA new survey asks: “If you were moving to a new home, would you be willing to spend more to live in a community where you could easily walk to parks, shops, and restaurants?” Here’s how people responded.
Read MoreThe single least expensive way to produce a lot of new housing is to follow a template that was once used in virtually every city. Unfortunately, most North American cities effectively prohibit it today. Does yours?
Read MoreWith many baby boomers wanting to downsize, the housing market is dominated by large, single-family homes…but that’s not the kind of housing that’s in demand, anymore. Here’s why this is bad news for all generations.
Read MoreThis LA resident has gone viral after taking matters into his own hands to deal with the housing crisis.
Read MoreAirbnb owners have voiced concerns over plummeting bookings in the last few months. Are we witnessing the “Airbnbust,” and if so, what does this mean for the housing market, as a whole?
Read MoreIf one thing’s clear about the housing market, it’s that it’s currently more sensitive to factors outside of your community—outside of your control—than anything within.
Read MoreIncreasingly, for entire cities in the U.S., buying a starter home on a modest income is no longer an option.
Read MoreAre Wall Street-backed investors the reason you can’t afford a house? The truth is a bit more complicated than that.
Read MoreWhen you’re not allowed to build the kind of housing you want, sometimes you have to work with what’s already here.
Read MoreIn Detroit's 48205 zip code, from 2014 to 2020, the number of vacant homes hardly budged, despite $25M spent demolishing 1,628 vacant homes. When the pandemic hit, vacant homes plummeted. What happened?
Read MoreManufactured homes were promoted at the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2022 Innovative Housing Showcase. Could this be a viable affordable housing option?
Read MoreThis week’s Upzoned episode reflects on how the nuances of housing policy don’t lend themselves to broad stereotypes.
Read MoreFor too long, our housing policy has put investor returns and macroeconomic goals over the universal human need for shelter. The Strong Towns approach to incremental housing is a badly needed corrective.
Read MoreThe Fed’s pandemic actions to loosen up capital unseized a market and fueled a housing boom—but now, a potential opposite reaction could lose U.S. taxpayers billions and be bad for housing.
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