by Fariha Rahman | Mar 2, 2026 | Housing
Despite an ongoing affordability crisis and supply constraints, demand for newly built homes in 2025 was steady. Sales of newly built single-family homes declined 1.7% month-to-month in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 745,000, the U.S. Census Bureau...
by Grace Thomas | Mar 1, 2026 | Featured, Housing
Home price growth slowed to a crawl last year with the weakest gain since 2011, marking a historical reversal where inflation has outpaced home price appreciation and eroded the real wealth of American homeowners. The S&P Coality Case-Shiller Index released...
by zhenjia.zhang | May 13, 2025 | Featured, Housing, immigrant
At 6 a.m. on a chilly April morning, Luis C, a 46-year-old migrant construction worker from Chile, was waiting for the path train to Journal Square in Jersey City to start work. Two years ago, he came to the U.S. with his wife and their 4-year-old daughter on a...
by zhenjia.zhang | Apr 28, 2025 | Featured, Housing
The housing prices are expected to keep rising in the U.S. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller report, which uses a repeat-sales methodology to track changes in U.S. home prices, is set to be released on Tuesday. This report offers benchmark insights into the housing...
by zhenjia.zhang | Apr 12, 2025 | Housing
NEW YORK — U.S. home price growth hit a new high in January, widening the gap between homeowners and renters. Nationwide, home prices grew 4.1% in January from a year earlier, up from a 3.9% annual gain in the previous month, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic...
by zhenjia.zhang | Mar 31, 2025 | Featured, Housing
Drive down Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield, Connecticut, and there is a wooded area, sitting in the midst of a neighborhood that is peaceful and quiet but somehow also isolated. The site nearly looked very different. A 96-unit, six-story building was proposed there...
