Real Estate and Economic News

Sometimes we need need quantitative affirmation to confirm what we already know to be true.  New economic numbers give us just that when it comes to the need for more affordable housing,.  [...]

The latest residential real estate statistics from the Tucson Realtors Association show that the median home sale price was $205,000, which is up 14.56% from just one year ago.  This spike in [...]

  New statistics on Tucson’s local economy and its affordable housing scene from our friends at MAP (Making Action Possible) Southern Arizona.  According to MAPs newest Housing [...]

U.S. News and World Report have released rankings of states with the most affordable housing in a recent report.  According to USN Staff Writer Casey Leins the list shakes out this way: 10. West [...]

An eye-opening piece from citylab.com explains the greatest challenge to creating more affordable housing — cost.  Author Joe Cortright flatly states, “It’s a problem that isn’t going [...]

  According to Laura Kusisto at REALTOR.COM:  A growing percentage of renters believe it is cheaper to rent than to buy a home, which helps explain why the home-ownership rate remains [...]

More news about increasing home prices from Bloomberg: Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Increase More Than Forecast Yet even more signs of an uneven recovery and that the need for affordable housing [...]

  Below is a great report detailing the scarcity of affordable housing throughout the nation. Watch: CNBC: There are no more low-priced homes The Southern Arizona Land Trust is helping [...]

According to Pewresearch.org, a decade after the housing bust upended the lives of millions of Americans, more U.S. households are headed by renters than at any point since at least 1965, [...]

How Homeownership Became the Engine of American Inequality