Housing Issues

Record home prices and higher mortgage rates in May made it the most expensive month since 2006 to buy a home, prompting more buyers to give up and pressuring sellers to cut asking prices.The National Association of Realtors’…

A venture of a New York investment firm and a U.S. residential developer has agreed to pay $1.75 billion for six Manhattan rental apartment buildings, according to people familiar with the matter, the highest price tag for a New York…

A California regulatory agency said it filed a lawsuit against Tesla Inc., TSLA 1.08% alleging racial discrimination and harassment at the electric-vehicle maker.The California Department…

The dream of homeownership has grown more out of reach for middle-class Americans during the pandemic.The surge in home prices and sharp decline in the number of homes for sale have made home buying more difficult for many Americans…

Since New York state’s ban on most evictions ended this month the pace of evictions has been slow, as tenant attorneys work to delay cases in court and the governor requested more federal aid for rental assistance.Tens of thousands of…

Just before Christmas 2020, hackers began to steal from One Treasure Island, a nonprofit that is redeveloping its namesake island in San Francisco Bay as a haven for low-income and formerly homeless people. Over the next month, criminals…

WASHINGTON—A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a national eviction moratorium, saying the Covid-19 pandemic-relief measure exceeded the powers of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC, citing public…