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The Los Angeles City Council has given initial approval to an ordinance aimed at outlawing “vanlording,” the practice of leasing recreational vehicles to unhoused residents on public streets — a phenomenon long visible in Venice and increasingly across the San …
Weak buyer demand, weakening home prices and overall uncertainty in the economy are combining to make home sellers change their minds and step out of the market. Close to 85,000 U.S. sellers took their homes off the market in September, …
A renter doesn't have to maintain the property either. HOA fees, maintenance, upgrades, insurance, etc. Anything breaks, no cost to you. — Spam Musubi Man (@DWhit44986) November 20, 2025
US Rents were down 0.9% over the last year, the 29th consecutive month with a YoY decline. Renting a home is cheaper than paying a mortgage in all 50 of the largest metros in the US. byu/Boo_Randy_II inHouseBuyers
Renting is now significantly more affordable than buying a home — by one of the widest gaps ever recorded 🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/B1kfQgxHpy — Barchart (@Barchart) September 17, 2025 sorry guys missed the source pic.twitter.com/QCqKJzY8qV — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) September 17, 2025 …
“A homebuyer must earn $114,627 to afford the median-priced U.S. home, up 15% from a year ago and more than 50% since the start of the pandemic… That’s the highest annual income necessary to afford a home on record” https://investors.redfin.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/987/redfin-reports-that-homebuyers-must-earn-115000-to-afford …
The latest housing data paints a sharp divide. In 2025, renting is now significantly cheaper than buying in every major metro. Bankrate clocked the gap at 38% nationwide. That spread is the widest recorded in the past two decades. Mortgage …
https://imgur.com/cost-to-buy-significantly-outpacing-cost-to-rent-now-posted-response-to-rental-price-increases-VMXMPkM Income needed to buy a house vs. median income in the US. Subprime bubble looks almost cute in this chart. Ht @nickgerli1 pic.twitter.com/zPfUf2uaDc — Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) December 13, 2024 All one needs to know about successful investing …
On paper, owning a home is almost always more expensive than renting — about 14% more, on average, after factoring in expenses like insurance, taxes, and upkeep. But the difference has grown much more extreme in recent years as just …
by Mike Shedlock The US has blocked export of Nvdia chips to China. But where there’s profit, there’s a way. Sanctions Fail Again and Again The Wall Street Journal reports China’s AI Engineers Are Secretly Accessing Banned Nvidia Chips Chinese artificial-intelligence …
In the San Francisco metropolitan area, the median home price was nearly twice as much as a 20-year rent — $1.2 million compared to $609,000. The Bay Area is one of the most expensive regions in the United States to …
The housing affordability crisis has made it much harder for American families to transition from renting to buying a home. In fact, at today’s home prices and mortgage rates, owning a home vs. renting can add up to $10,000 in …
The premium to own a home, rather than rent one, has hit 52.1%, the highest level in history pic.twitter.com/s8aBvDa7C7 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) June 12, 2024
Half of all US renters are renting above what they can afford Red denotes rent prices greater than 50% of their income pic.twitter.com/Y1ogVCY0CT — Michael Burry Stock Tracker ♟ (@burrytracker) May 24, 2024
There’s a common belief that Americans would be in a significantly better financial position if only they could afford to buy a home. But has buying (particularly with a mortgage) and maintaining a home historically been that much cheaper than …
JUST IN CASE YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT HUNTER, LOOKS LIKE HE IS DOING FINE. Four California homes in four years – Hunter Biden is on the move again. The beleaguered First Son and his wife Melissa Cohen have moved into …
via thenevadaglobe: The Globe received a scoop this morning that a complaint was filed by a Douglas County resident with the Vacation Home Rental (VHR) Advisory Board against billionaire climate investor Tom Steyer, owner of the Glenbrook mansion that the …
Single-Family starter Home ownership is now over $ 1 K / month more expensive than renting, up by $ 150 from 1 year ago pic.twitter.com/rF4iDyX14l — KKGB (@INArteCarloDoss) June 15, 2023