1 in 4 Sellers in This State Is Exposed to a Hidden Home Equity Tax

One in four California home sellers now records more than $500,000 in gains after selling their primary home, new data shows. It's some of the clearest evidence yet that more sellers are being pushed beyond the federal capital gains tax exclusion. The analysis, from property analytics company Cotali

The architecture of trust in the age of AI

By the time my morning stroll took me past a window of USD-priced for-sale notices for flats in the fashionable Palermo district of Buenos Aires, I was no longer surprised. This is what a deficit of trust looks like. But what gives? You’re reading HousingWire and not a travel blog. Home listings in

For better building codes, a more deliberate course is overdue

Building codes are ripe for change as policy analysts and the housing reform movement at large move beyond land use and zoning alone. After working through several hundred hours of building code reviews in Minnesota over the past decade, reforms are needed, even with our robust local adoption proces

Congress Worries Federal Home Loan Bank System Is Straying From Mission

Congress is seeking changes at the Federal Home Loan Bank System, with some members arguing the network isn't taking a proactive role in the nation's housing affordability crisis. At a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, leaders of the bank system said they've b