This chart shows how housing affordability has plunged across the US

Tech Insider
Home affordability has plunged in the US
Home affordability has plunged in the US since 2019

Maskot/Getty Images

The housing market is in a bubble, but home prices may not fall anytime soon, says regulator who oversaw last crash

Tech Insider : Economy
An above shot of houses, yards, and streets.
US housing market

adamkaz/Getty Images

I entered a bidding war to land an apartment. It was way more brutal than I expected.

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
A auction gavel hits the top of a New York apartment, sending yellow sparks from its perimeter. Anonymous hands raise numerous prices as they bid on this apartment amid a light blue background
At every step of my apartment hunt, the message was clear: Being first in line may not be enough.

Arantza Pena Popo/Insider

The US housing market is so expensive that incomes would have to spike 55% for it to be considered affordable, industry exec says

Tech Insider
homeowner porch housing

Xsandra/Getty

Home Sweet Times Square: How New York City can save Midtown Manhattan from the 'urban doom loop'

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Pedestrians shelter beneath umbrella as they walk along a street during rain in Times Square, New York on September 26, 2023.

Ed Jones/Getty Images

Here's how one top Fed official is thinking about the increasingly unaffordable US housing market

Tech Insider
Tom Barkin
Tom Barkin

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Home prices in Lakeland, Florida, are falling faster than the rest of the US — see what you can get for under $340,000

Tech Insider
3820 Village Circle in Lakeland, Florida
3820 Village Circle, a home listed for $300,000 in Lakeland, Florida.

Courtesy of Dina Pizzuto/Mark Spain Real Estate

America can solve its housing crisis by following Tokyo’s example

Tech Insider
A large Japanese building in the middle of a U.S. city
What's Tokyo's secret? Liberal and centralized land-use policies that give developers a lot of power to build what they want, when they want.

Tyler Le/Insider

The Supreme Court just rejected an effort to get rid of rent stabilization in New York

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
The sun sets on the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building on September 20, 2023, in New York City.
The sun sets on the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building on September 20, 2023, in New York City.

Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

Biden's top economist says the key to ending the housing crisis is giving cities and developers monetary incentives to build more affordable homes

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (L) looks on as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Jared Bernstein speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (L) looks on as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Jared Bernstein speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023.

Subscribe to Housing