Tag: Homeownership
Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters –...
Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan
Home insurance rates are rising in the United States, not only in Florida,...
How Florida’s home insurance market became so dysfunctional, so fast
Latisha Nixon-Jones, Jacksonville University
Imagine saving for years to buy your dream house, only to have surging property...
The ethics of home ownership in an age of growing inequality
Désirée Lim, Penn State
For many Americans today, homeownership is an unattainable dream.
In 2022, the...
A brief history of the mortgage, from its roots in ancient...
Michael J. Highfield, Mississippi State University
The average interest rate for a new U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage topped 7%...
How millennials are affecting the price of your home
Jimmie Lenz, University of South Carolina
It used to be that everyone wanted to buy a home, seeking pleasure and security, as well as the...
Does most of your paycheck go to rent? That may be...
Jessica Owens-Young, American University
New data on health across the U.S. shows that high housing costs are harming Americans’ health – and that some communities...
Skip this chore: Cleaning your air conditioner condenser probably won’t make...
David Yuill, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
I asked my neighbor who hoses off his air conditioner condenser every spring why he does it. “Because my dad...
EXPLORING NATURE
US earthquake safety relies on federal employees’ expertise
Jonathan P. Stewart, University of California, Los Angeles and Lucy Arendt, St. Norbert College
Earthquakes and the damage they...
