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Next Financial Crisis ‘to Be Triggered by Uninsurable Homes’

Housing expert: Affordability crisis, declining immigration are slowing demand for housing

Housing demand across the country is slowing due to an affordability crisis that makes it difficult for people with moderate-to-low incomes to buy a home or pay high rents, said Al...

The Housing Affordability Crisis Visualized

We hear about housing affordability issues in the US all the time these days. Unlike what some have suggested, it is not a hoax and is making it hard for people to buy or even rent...

Housing affordability crisis gives voters little faith in midterms

Housing minister confirms ‘acute’ UK housing crisis

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has described Britain's housing situation as an "acute and entrenched crisis", signalling the government's intention to expand council house cons...

Carney’s housing agency vows to build as home prices plunge

In Canada, home prices have plunged 20% and thousands of unsold condominiums sit empty. The head of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s housing agency says this is precisely the moment to...

Madrid residents feel the impact of Spain’s housing crisis

Spain’s housing crisis is deepening as soaring rents and a shortage of homes put affordable housing out of reach.

Locked out: How the housing affordability crisis is reshaping life plans

  In a new survey of 1,000 U.S. adults commissioned by Independent Lending, 70% said housing costs have forced them to delay or change at least one major life decision. Marriage, c...

America's Housing Market Strained Near Breaking Point: Foreclosures Rise, Buyers Retreat

America’s housing market was showing growing signs of distress as home sales plunged toward decade-old lows, foreclosures climbed and soaring mortgage rates squeezed buyers and hom...

Hundreds of Rental Homes Are Disappearing Every Week – What Happens Next?

Australia’s rental crisis has been building for years, but new figures suggest the pressure could become even worse. We already know Australia doesn’t have enough homes. Vacancy ra...

Homebuyer help programs, new law aim to untie housing affordability knot

A bipartisan housing law that went into effect in June could be part of the answer to America’s housing affordability crisis, but it’s not expected to help immediately.

Bronx homeowners facing foreclosure are in the market for assistance

The view inside a “Protect Our Homes” homeowner help clinic in the Bronx, which is experiencing a steep increase in home foreclosures. Some are looking for information and...

More than one in three mortgage holders report financial difficulty

New housing survey data show more homeowners struggling with higher payments, even as recent first-time buyers remain less likely than other owners to be in core housing need.

The housing crisis is now global. It shows just how undemocratic our nations have become | Leilani Farha

When we can’t even afford to rent or buy somewhere to live, we have to ask: did we give the financial sector too much power?Leilani Farha is the former UN special rapporteur on ade...

No easy fixes

There are no easy or quick fixes to the housing crisis. The problem is weighing on societies across Europe. Some ideas, such as using public land to build affordable housing, could...

America’s Housing Market Shows Cracks As Foreclosures Rise And Buyers Retreat

by Jack McGeever at CDN - America’s housing market was showing growing signs of distress as home sales plunged toward decade-old lows, foreclosures climbed and soaring mortgage ra...

Housing Slump Worsens Amid Higher Rates

The American housing market deteriorated sharply in September as rising mortgage rates drove pending home sales to a record low and sent home construction tumbling, according to re...

A Century to Build Enough Affordable Rentals

North Carolina offers the one bright spot in a new study on the housing crisis.

Apollo warns Fed faces rent 'doom loop' as housing supply dries up

A top Wall Street economist says rate hikes are choking off new housing supply and reigniting shelter inflation

Housing problem worsens

An aging housing stock is being recycled into the Greek market, while continued growth in demand pushes prices higher.

The poorest in the US can't find housing even as low-income units sit empty

The poorest people in the U.S. face the most acute shortage of affordable homes

Michael Bloomberg: To ease the housing shortage, empower mayors

With rates over 7%, city-led reforms could speed homebuilding and ease prices

The Housing Shortage Myth

New housing data reveals a market that is starved and saturated at the same time. The real problem may be what we’re building, where we’re building it, and what it costs to own.

CMHC warns housing slowdown could set stage for next supply shortage

Chief economist Mathieu Laberge says slowing construction could reverse recent affordability gains, while urging changes to how Canada builds and finances housing.