Syetarn Hansakul, senior analyst for Asia at the Economist Intelligence Unit, discusses its Global Liveability Index 2024, saying the "usual suspects" in Asia-Pacific continue to be in the…
Read more Vienna is the world’s most livable city for the third straight year: EIU reportBangkok, Thailand has seen an 18.1% growth in residential rental prices on a year-on-year basis, according to JLL. Alexander Spatari | Moment | Getty Images Singapore and Hong…
Read more Asia’s top 4 up-and-coming rental markets that may be challenging traditional property hubsHere’s the median price to rent a 1-bedroom across 10 cities in Asia. Fraser Hall | The Image Bank | Getty Images Renting a place is a big…
Read more Here’s how much it costs to rent a 1-bedroom apartment across 10 major cities in AsiaAscentxmedia | E+ | Getty Images Rent prices for one- and two-bedroom apartments grew in March for the first time in six months. The monthly cost for…
Read more Rents across the U.S. grew for the first time in 6 months — only Arizona saw price drops in every metroD3sign | Stone | Getty Images Extreme weather and climate hazards are becoming more frequent, posing a threat not only for homeowners but for renters. More than 18…
Read more More than 18 million rental units at risk from climate hazards as extreme weather becomes more common, Harvard study findsShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email RealPage software is used to set rental prices on 4.5 million housing units in the…
Read more How RealPage influences rent prices across the U.S.A group of renters in the U.S. say their landlords are using software to deliver inflated rent hikes. “We’ve been told as tenants by employees of Equity that…
Read more Why U.S. renters are taking corporate landlords to courtSneksy | E+ | Getty Images Rent prices are coming down in some areas, but not at the pace needed to relieve tenants struggling to pay rent. Half…
Read more Rental markets are softening, but half of U.S. tenants spend more than they can afford, Harvard report findsSvetikd | E+ | Getty Images Housing is typically one of the biggest expenses in someone’s budget, and it’s natural to wonder about the best way to pay…
Read more Should you pay rent with a credit card? ‘It could rapidly spiral,’ expert warnsLuis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty Images While rent payments do not traditionally affect your credit, a growing number of so-called rent-reporting services are trying to change that.…
Read more Paying rent usually won't boost your credit score. Here's what renters need to know to make it countLuxury properties in the Kensington and Chelsea district of London, UK, on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.K. property market has…
Read more Want to buy property in the UK? Now could be the right time, experts sayA couple assembling furniture. Drazen_ | E+ | Getty Images Gen Z and millennials are “hacking” the housing market as high prices and interest rates make affordability difficult.…
Read more Gen Z, millennials are ‘house hacking’ to become homeowners in a tough market. How the strategy can helpResidential buildings in Hong Kong, China on October 23, 2023. Vernon Yuen | Nurphoto | Getty Images Hong Kong’s leader John Lee this week eased the city’s decade-old…
Read more Hong Kong’s property prices won’t pop any time soon. Here’s whyU.S real estate investment trusts today manage $4.5 trillion in real estate worldwide. Many groups on Wall Street offer these tax-friendly funds to retail investors. KKR’s real estate…
Read more How Wall Street’s REIT giants are reshaping U.S. real estateDowntown Los Angeles. TheCrimsonRibbon | Getty Images 5 U.S. metro areas with highest monthly rents These U.S. metropolitan real estate markets had the highest median single-family monthly rents…
Read more The 5 U.S. metro areas with the highest single-family rents — 3 are in CaliforniaLucy Lambriex | DigitalVision | Getty Images Despite a sizeable elderly and disabled population in the U.S., there is not enough affordable housing to accommodate those individuals. “For…
Read more Less than 5% of U.S. housing supply is accessible to older, disabled Americans. These changes may helpMayors in cities across the U.S. want to loosen rules that can slow the pace of office-to-residential conversions. In some instances, cities have offered generous tax abatements to…
Read more East Coast mayors call for more office-to-apartment conversionsScores of luxury homes are coming to major cities across the United States. Analysts at Yardi Matrix projected that more than 400,000 units were completed in 2022, and…
Read more U.S. cities are filling up with luxury apartments despite ‘housing recession’In December 2022, $1,981 was the typical monthly rent in the United States — a 7.4% increase from the year prior. But while rent has begun to stabilize…
Read more Rent control policies are gaining support nationwide. Here’s why economists still think it’s a bad idea.In 2019, I bought a three-bedroom, 1,400-square-feet house in Atlanta, Georgia for $196,000. I figured I could earn extra income by renting out the spare rooms on Airbnb,…
Read more This 26-year-old pays $0 to live in a ‘luxury tiny home’ she built for $35,000 in her backyard—take a look inside
