Pittsburgh and Cleveland rank as the world’s most affordable major housing markets, but a new report finds that not a single metro area among 95 studied actually qualifies as affordable. The annual Demographia International Housing Affordability report — released by Chapman University — measured affordability by dividing median home prices by median household incomes. Pittsburgh led the...

Older adults support changing zoning laws to make homebuilding easier, according to new surveys by AARP and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Older adults overwhelmingly want to age in place, but their homes are often unsuited to aging, while rising home prices and a shortage of housing inventory makes it difficult to move. The desire of older adults to stay in their current communities as they age has been...

No one in the homebuilding business I know is sitting around waiting for things to get easier. That’s not how this works. Not in 2025. Not when mortgage rates, insurance shocks, permitting delays, capital costs and housing politics are all pulling in different directions. Not when builders are expected to do more with less, and faster — while the rules keep shifting underfoot. Not when buyers are...

Many in the real estate industry lauded President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election as they anticipated his win would usher in a new wave of weaker antitrust scrutiny on an industry that had spent the past four years battling its fair share of antitrust suits.  However, these hopes and dreams were put into question after the nominations of antitrust-hawk Gail Slater as...

Layering materials, colors, patterns and textures is a way to create spaces that feel both personal and polished. In these eight living rooms, design and remodeling pros combine everything from reclaimed wood and raffia to velvet, boucle and bold prints, blending comfort with...

The kitchen that serves a three-generation household has to work very hard indeed. Designing one for children, parents and grandparents — and factoring in all their individual needs — requires an egalitarian approach. As the pandemic lays bare the importance of being near family, living...

Saying yes to every design or construction job and taking on projects that aren’t right for your business puts you on the fast track to stress and exhaustion. It also means you’ll have less time to target the jobs you really want. We asked three pros to share their strategies for finding their...

Occupancy at U.S. short-term rentals is plunging heading into late summer, underscoring a tougher operating environment for Airbnb hosts and property managers facing cautious consumers. Nationwide occupancy for August is tracking 10% below 2024 levels, according to the latest Short-Term Rental Index from PriceLabs. September 2025 is pacing even weaker, down 12% year-over-year, following a 12% drop in July....

For eXp Realty, artificial intelligence (AI) is not a side project — it’s a company-wide mandate. Following a session at HousingWire’s AI Summit where eXp chief technology officer Sumanth Kamath talked about how the company was utilizing digital twin technology, HousingWire sat down with  eXp CEO Leo Pareja and International Director Felix Bravo to find out more about how the brokerage is...

Industry veteran Bill Dallas, chairman of Dallas Capital and former president of Finance of America, says accessory dwelling units (ADUs) still face major hurdles before they can become a reliable solution to what he calls the nation’s “largest social challenge:” affordable housing. “One of the challenges… is that the laws are so difficult and varied by not only by state, but also by federal,...