In general, the United States is a moderately densely populated nation. This statement is misleading. The low density of huge states geographically like Alaska, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota are part of the…
Some cities and states have declined to the extent that they have become poor places for people to live. These areas usually have a shrinking population, high poverty rates, faltering services, poor school systems,…
The housing market has been on a rollercoaster ride for over three years. Home prices spiked just after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. People could work from home. Many also wanted to leave…
High foreclosure rates were supposed to be a thing of the past. They belong to the period of The Great Recession when foreclosure rates in some cities approached one in every 500 houses. As…
The residential real estate market rallied at a near-record pace from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to just over a year ago. According to the S&P Case-Shiller price index, housing prices rose nearly…
Housing demand surged during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. People fled large cities, as “work from home” allowed them to move to places where housing costs were lower and the quality of living…
Foreclosures were supposed to be a thing of the past. They were a regular occurrence during the housing collapse of the Great Recession. As the market recovered, there was rarely talk of home loan…