There's more good news on the homebuying front. Housing affordability is now the best it's been in more than two and a half years, according to the October 2025 ICE Mortgage Monitor report. "With ...

"Affordability" was the hot-button word on the 2025 campaign trail, as Democrats separated themselves from the Biden-era economy and lobbed attacks on President Donald Trump for current cost of living ...

Trying to afford a home in 2024? Say goodbye to your disposable income. First-time homebuyers are in trouble, according to a new report on the affordability gap by researchers at the JPMorganChase ...

Fannie Mae economists say mortgage rates will remain above 6%, while softening occurs regionally Affordability challenges and persistent lock-in effects among homeowners who do not want to forfeit low ...

President Donald Trump unleashed on Democrats for their "affordability" messaging that drove support for left-wing candidates in the 2025 election cycle, calling it a "fake narrative" that "doesn't ...

Columbia University professor and Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz warns that unchecked inequality is pushing America toward economic and political peril. The word affordability got a lot of use ...

A newly developed dataset shows how the pandemic’s aftermath ushered in the worst housing affordability crisis in more than a decade The pandemic and subsequent return of inflation set off the world’s ...

You know exactly how Democrats feel about “affordability” right now, because they will not stop telling you. It’s “the story of this moment” (per Raphael Warnock) and “definitively the decisive issue” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Broughel is an economist focused on the economics of regulation. Americans have spent the better part of the last four years ...

President Donald Trump routinely hears words he’s not familiar with, then marvels at their existence or takes credit for inventing the words. Reflecting on the GOP’s dreadful election results, Trump ...

Both parties are now preparing for “affordability” to play a major role in the midterm elections next year. How did it emerge ...

President Trump will hold a rally in Pennsylvania Tuesday, where he's expected to talk about his administration's efforts to address two major concerns for voters: the economy and affordability.