December 2025

America’s housing affordability crisis is an equal-opportunity phenomenon. Nowhere is this more painfully clear than in the nation’s rural communities, which quietly confront a deepening affordability gap. Financing challenges unique to rural areas pursuing affordable housing development exacerbate a growing imbalance. A new Redfin study notes that home prices in rural communities have increased faster […]

U.S. mortgage delinquencies held steady at 3% in September 2025, unchanged from a year earlier but up slightly from 2.9% at the end of the second quarter, according to Cotality‘s newest Loan Performance Indicators report released on Tuesday. “The national delinquency rate has remained relatively stable over the past year and quarter. It is still

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to expand property tax exemptions for seniors to up to 65% of their home’s assessed value, raising the ceiling for the first time in decades from the previous 50% cap. “No New York senior should lose their home because they can no longer afford their property taxes,”