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Census data concludes renters facing housing issues on the rise
National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) analysis of newly released data from the 2008 American Community Survey (ACS) shows that more families at every income level are facing housing cost...
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Survey finds 65 percent feel renting is more affordable than homeownership
Existing-home sales in July dropped 27 percent from the prior month, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Unpredictable home values plus a soft job market have many Americans...
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Census Data Finds: Most Renters Live in Unaffordable Housing
A majority of U.S. renters lived in unaffordable housing in 2009, according to new data from the 2009 American Community Survey (ACS) released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Sept. 28, the result of a...
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Harvard Study Finds 25 Percent of Renters Spend More Than Half of Their...
The Great Recession pushed the number of renters paying more than half their income for housing to record levels, according to a new report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS). The...
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Survey Finds: Single Family Renters More Likely to Stay in Place
Single family home tenants are 18 percent more likely than apartment tenants to stay in their current homes five years or longer, suggesting that demand for single family homes, the fastest growing...
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CoreLogic Renter Report Shows Improvement in Applicant Credit Quality
CoreLogic has released its CoreLogic Renter Applicant Risk (RAR) Index Report for the first quarter of 2013, showing a two-point year-over-year increase to a value of 104. The rise in the index is a...
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American Renters Facing Tough Affordability Issues
Affordability problems for renters have skyrocketed over the past decade both in number and the share of renters facing them, according to a new report on rental housing from the Harvard Joint Center...
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Lack of Inventory Equals Long-Term Growth for Your Pipeline
As I travel across the country, the words I'm starting to hear are "We have a shortage of inventory here.” This is not isolated to any particular area as it's happening almost everywhere.Recently, I...
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Keep Calm and Have Faith in Housing
Today’s latest housing-relating data is, admittedly, somewhat limited in terms of positive numbers. Nonetheless, industry experts do not view this as reason for panic.Click to continue
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TransUnion: Credit Improvement Seen in Renters
Rental applicants, especially those applying for less expensive units, continue to see improvements in their credit risk, according to the latest TransUnion Rental Screening Solutions industry report....
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Confident Millenials Shine Optimism Into U.S. Housing Market
Overall, Americans are more confident in the housing market than at the start of the year, buoyed by optimism among millennials, but with tempered expectations in general for future market performance,...
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