Over 18 Million Homeowners Across US Are ‘House Poor’
Of those that are house poor, 44.20% are severely housing cost-burdened, meaning they spend more than 50% of their incomes on housing costs. Read More
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Single Dads Are Less Common Than Single Moms, but They’re More Likely to Be Homeowners
Across the nation’s 50 largest metros, 1.53 million households are occupied by single fathers and their children younger than 18. Read More
54% of Buyers Don’t Shop Around for a Mortgage, Even Though 45% of Those Who Do Receive a Better Offer
A LendingTree study finds that 45% of homebuyers with a mortgage who shopped around got a lower offer than their first. Read More
1.45 Million Single Mothers Across the Nation’s Largest Metros Are Homeowners, but Millions More Struggle to Buy
Across the nation’s 50 largest metros, 4.23 million households are occupied by single mothers and their children younger than 18. Read More
58% of Renters Have Disliked a Landlord, and One-Third Say They’ve Experienced Rent Discrimination
58% of renters say they’ve had at least one landlord they didn't like, with 1 in 4 (25%) disliking their current one. Read More
In With the New: Metros With the Largest Share of Recently Built Housing Units
Across the nation’s 50 largest metros, 1.48 million housing units were built from 2020 through 2022. Here's what we found. Read More
Nearly 7.4 Million American Families Live in Poverty — 41% of Whom Are Homeowners
7,386,335 families across the nation’s 50 states earn incomes below their poverty threshold. That's 8.88% of families living in poverty. Read More
Despite Rising Home Prices, Homeownership Rates Have Increased Since 2012
While U.S. home prices have come down from recent highs, they remain relatively steep. Despite this, homeownership rates have gone up. Read More
61% of Americans Live in Their Ideal Climate, and 20% of Those Who Don’t Plan to Be Weather Chasers in the Next Year
61% of Americans reside in a region with their ideal climate, with Westerners (72%) and Southerners (67%) the most content. Read More
64% of Homebuyers or Sellers Who Asked Their Real Estate Agent for a Lower Commission Rate Were Successful
Of the 31% of homebuyers or sellers who've attempted to negotiate real estate agent commission fees, 64% successfully reduced theirs. Read More
