Conor Dougherty
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A Higher Monthly Payment, but Less Square Footage
Homebuilders are responding to rising interest rates with an innovation: a small house in the traditionally spacious exurbs.
A D.C. Suburb Finds a Creative Answer to America’s Housing Shortage
Montgomery County, Md., like many places, has an affordable housing crisis. So it started acting like a benevolent real estate investor.
Who Will Stand Up for Renters? Their Elected Representatives, Who Also Rent.
In California, legislators come out as tenants to form a renters’ caucus.
Mortgage Transfers Pick Up as a Way to Beat Rising Rates
Real estate agents are pushing sub-3 percent mortgages as an amenity, just like marble countertops or a view of the mountains.
Can the ‘California Effect’ Survive in a Hyperpartisan America?
For decades the state has been setting policy for the whole nation. Now red states are pushing back.
The Rent Revolution Is Coming
For the 44 million households who rent a home or apartment in the U.S., inflation keeps pushing costs higher and higher. Anger is rising too....
Highest Mortgage Rates Since 2008 Housing Crisis Cool Sales
As the Federal Reserve tries to fight high inflation, costly mortgage rates have begun to price people out of the housing market.
California’s Housing Crisis and the Fight Over 20 Townhomes
Suburban homeowners like Susan Kirsch are often blamed for worsening the nation’s housing crisis. That doesn’t mean she’s giving up her two-decade fight against 20...
Mortgage Rates Climb to 5% for the First Time Since 2011
The increase adds another burden for home buyers who were already struggling with rising prices.
The Next Affordable City Is Already Too Expensive
In Spokane, Wash., home prices jumped 60 percent in the past two years. The increase is fueled by buyers fleeing the boom in cities like...