The ability to pay the bills is one of the most important reasons why people choose to live where they do. According to the 2025 National Movers Study compiled by United Van Lines, some states are clearly cheaper when it comes to budgets. Here are the 10 states attracting the highest percentage of Americans seeking…
Manufactured and modular housing have been embraced as one solution to reaching housing affordability, due to their ease to build (including low cost), energy efficiency and other key benefits. On Friday, January 9, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Affordable HOMES Act, a bill that cuts energy regulations in an effort to lower the…
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran said Monday that he expects a rapid decline in housing-related inflation despite higher costs for other items. He also suggested interest rate cuts may be warranted even as overall inflation remains above the Fed’s 2% target. In his speech at Columbia University, Miran noted that current shelter inflation readings reflect…
The lock-in effect—the gap between existing mortgage payments and the cost of financing a home today—continues to widely affect housing supply and is “trapping” homeowners into staying where they are, according to new data from Realtor.com®. The new Realtor.com report details how a homeowner wishing to move but locked-in at a lower mortgage rate…