Pending Home Sales Rise for Fourth Straight Month as Buyers Adapt to Higher Mortgage Rates

David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPending home sales rose in November despite higher mortgage rates and lingering affordability challenges, as buyers took advantage of growing supply.Signed contracts for existing homes increased 2.2% last month from October, in the fourth straight month of

The Data-Center Boom Eats Up a Lot of Land. Atlanta Says It’s Gone Too Far.

Prince Williams/WireImageAdair Park, a spit of land just southwest of this city’s downtown, is a neighborhood on the rise. Part residential, part industrial, it sits next to a train station and the popular Beltline walking trail. Developers have trickled in to turn empty lots and run-down buildings

The Salary Needed To Buy a Home in America’s 5 Most Expensive Cities

Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesMost people are aware of the 30% rule of thumb, which recommends no more than that much of a household’s income should be spent on housing.But, in much of the country, the typical homebuyer would need to spend more than the recommended 30% of annual household income to af

The 10 Least Safe Cities in America: Some Are Making a Comeback as Investor Markets

Canva (4)It’s safe to say no one wants to feel unsafe where they live. But with nearly 14,000 Americans having died from gun violence this year and the country having experienced $20 billion in climate disasters, 400 mass shootings, and nearly 25,000 motor vehicle deaths, it stands to reason that so