Affordable homes in Milwaukee, Habitat effort underway in King Park

In Milwaukee's King Park neighborhood, a Habitat for Humanity initiative hopes to improve affordable housing access one home at a time.

Average long-term US mortgage rate hovers near 7%

The average 30-year fixed loan was 7.08% this week, according to Bankrate’s latest survey of large lenders. Here’s what a monthly mortgage payment at the current rate would look like.

Sheboygan County addressing housing shortage; building new homes

Sheboygan County is trying to attract more people to move and work there, and they're building affordable new homes as an incentive.

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Sheboygan County is helping people and families buy new homes in the county by building new developments and providing down payment assistance.

Baltimore sells $1 houses in effort to combat vacant home crisis

Baltimore, Maryland, city officials approved a program that would sell city-owned vacant homes for next to nothing at $1 for some applicable residents. 

Housing benefits could lure employees back to office, survey shows

Many companies are facing the ongoing dilemma of office versus remote work four years after the pandemic, with a new survey highlighting housing benefits as a potential solution.

Time to sell your home? Here are 3 questions to ask yourself

As someone deeply involved in the real estate industry for decades, I understand that selling your home isn't just a financial transaction; it's a significant life decision. 

Home buyers need to make $47,000 more than in 2020 to afford a home

A new report from Zillow finds that some people are relying on financial gifts to help cover the cost of a down payment for a home or moving to low-cost cities to find affordable housing.

New real estate trend: Meet the 'forever renters'

Being a 'forever renter' is attractive to millennials and empty nesters, says the Post Brothers CEO.

Rent prices are changing thanks to 'apartment-building boom' – what renters should expect

Rent prices are evolving – potentially for the better – in 2024 thanks to an “apartment-building boom," according to Redfin chief economist Daryl Fairweather. Here’s what renters should know.

Milwaukee Open Housing Marches; markers to commemorate movement

One of the Civil Rights Movement’s most dramatic stories, the Milwaukee Open Housing Marches will be commemorates with historical markers.

Milwaukee Housing Authority residents protest living conditions

Hundreds of people who live in properties managed by the Milwaukee Housing Authority held a protest on Wednesday, Feb. 14.

Milwaukee affordable housing, Harambee project breaks ground

Five Points Lofts, an affordable housing project in Milwaukee's Harambee neighborhood, broke ground on King Drive on Friday, Feb. 9.

Housing is expensive for a record half of American renters, study shows

A new Harvard analysis reveals soaring housing costs put a financial strain on millions of renters, with prices spiking during the pandemic.

Study suggests people are leaving some U.S. neighborhoods because of flood risks

A recent study implies that flood risk and climate change are compelling people to move from their homes to places where the threat isn’t as high.