The Value of a Lucky Home Address
In greater Vancouver, how much you can get for a house depends in part on whether the street address ends with a "4" or an "8."
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Do We Need to Force People to Live in the Homes They Own?
With more and more individual investors looking to real estate as just another money-making commodity to add to their portfolio, rents are being driven to unreachable heights for all but the wealthiest among us.
Silicon Cleveland, Where the Rent Isn’t Too Damn High
Why bother with the high talent costs of London, San Francisco, or even Warsaw?
Is the Federal Government Finally Going to Do Something About Housing Discrimination?
After decades of inaction, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has begun to move against two localities for allegedly violating the Fair Housing Act.
The Demolition of Brewster-Douglass and Our Abandonment of the Working Poor
It's more than just brick-and-mortar buildings that's crumbling in Detroit.
Volunteer Security and the Rise of the Neighborhood Watch
Do neighborhood watch programs work? After 40 years, we still don't really know.
Will Rising Mortgage Rates Put an End to the Housing Recovery?
Rising rates will obviously send monthly payments higher, but they'll also affect the market in a more unusual way: They're going to hurt all-cash investor purchases of housing, which have been a boon to the most distressed markets.
The (Racial) Housing Crisis in America
A nationwide survey by HUD reveals, again, that minorities face racism in the housing market. But HUD, again, chooses not to punish the offenders.
Underground Demography: Race, Class, and the Subway Systems of Large U.S. Cities
Despite social class segregation in housing, people of vastly different economic circumstances are likely to share the same subway car, at least for a few stops.
Housing Crisis Hits Poor Renters Hard
As the middle class sidles out of the houses it can no longer pay for, the migration is making it harder for the poorest renters to find a place.