housing
Voters must fight Dems' new war on small-town America
June 3, 2025 | 6:08pmDemocrats are waging war to crush small-town-America lifestyles, as a disastrous bill in Connecticut, set to become law, shows.
Community outraged over resident's plan to house homeless families inside tiny backyard home: 'Everybody is upset'
June 1, 2025 | 12:14pm“It was not intended to be a revenue generator for the homeowner to rent out the space to a second family more or less living in someone else’s backyard,'' Blaine...
For the first time in 12 years, home sellers outnumber buyers — and it could mean lower prices soon
May 30, 2025 | 10:59amAfter years of red-hot bidding wars, the housing market may be heading into a cold front, according to a new Redfin report.
Tragic NYC newborn's family says they know how she died, puppy was 'put down' — after ME confirms pit bull didn't kill her
May 29, 2025 | 12:58pmThe couple — whose six-week-old pit bull mix named Bella “had been put down” after the horrific incident — insisted they had nothing to do with her death.
Pit bull puppy didn't kill NYC newborn — medical examiner shockingly says injuries happened after baby's death
May 28, 2025 | 5:24pmNeighbors reported hearing screams from the apartment before cops and EMS arrived at the scene.
Nearly half of US homebuyers say they have regrets — their common complaints revealed
May 27, 2025 | 4:53pmA new Bankrate survey shows exactly what American homeowners regret about their biggest purchase -- and how it breaks down by generation.
Masked thugs brutally attacked uniformed NYPD cop, stole his gun
May 24, 2025 | 8:21pmAn off-duty NYPD housing cop still in uniform had his gun and other belongings stolen after being brutally beaten and left unconscious Saturday in a Bronx robbery, police sources said.
New home sales unexpectedly surge despite high mortgage rates as builders lower prices
May 23, 2025 | 12:04pmNew home sales surged nearly 11% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 743,000 units last month.
Trump 'very seriously' weighs taking Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac public after years of government control
May 22, 2025 | 3:29pmAnalysts have said the move could send serious profits toward the government, while also warning it could slam mortgage rates.
Spring home-selling season off to terrible start as April sales fall more than expected
May 22, 2025 | 11:56amThe sales decline marks the slowest sales pace for the month of April going back to 2009.
We live on a sailboat—here's what life on the high seas is really like
May 19, 2025 | 7:56pmAn Idaho family is on the adventure of a lifetime after selling everything they own in order to explore the high seas.
Spain orders Airbnb to block nearly 66,000 holiday rental listings over rule violations
May 19, 2025 | 4:30pmSpain is grappling with a housing affordability crisis that has spurred government action against short-term rental companies.
An upstate New York county has become home to the hottest real estate market -- and it's a world apart from NYC
May 14, 2025 | 12:44pmThe National Association of Realtors is out with its "hotness" index, analyzing buyer demand with housing supply indicators -- and this New York area tops it.
How single room occupancies could be the answer to NYC's housing crisis
May 10, 2025 | 12:30pmMayor Adams is introducing reforms to make SROs easier to develop.
Stiffing landlords is killing NYC's housing market
May 4, 2025 | 6:49pmNew York City's Rent Guidelines Board gave preliminary approval Wednesday to rent hikes of between 1.74% and 4.75% for one-year leases that start after Oct. 1 and 4.75% to 7.75%...
Manhattan nosedives out of Top 10 in national ranking of priciest homes, as suburbs skyrocket
May 3, 2025 | 11:30amManhattan slipped from the country’s third most expensive housing market in 2019 to not even cracking the Top 10 today.
NYC’s rent-stabilized apartments face hikes of up to 7.75%
May 1, 2025 | 2:28pmThe Rent Guidelines Board agreed to rent increases between 1.75% to 4.75% for one-year leases and between 4.75% to 7.75% for two-year leases.
Mortgage demand drops to lowest in two months as would-be homebuyers wary of US economy
April 30, 2025 | 11:30amMortgage applications to purchase a home fell 4% from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Couple shocked to find scary note hidden in new home: 'What the f--k is that?'
April 28, 2025 | 5:12pmTheir experience sounds like the plot of a paranormal horror film.
I live in a tiny smart car so I can afford retirement — I even have an 'emergency toilet'
April 28, 2025 | 9:57amIs this a new kind of "smart" living?