Housing

Millennials are the single biggest group of homebuyers in the U.S.

Forget Generation Rent: More Younger Americans Aim To Buy

6:17pm March 24, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

The kids of the housing crisis — those 35 and under — are among the most eager to buy today. Here are some tips, for everyone, on how to weigh whether renting or buying makes the most sense for you.

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Home prices are rising in Shanghai, but that's not stopping buyers. Some analysts say the rise in home prices is not a sign of confidence in the economy — but of uncertainty.

World News

Sluggish Economy Doesn't Dampen Shanghai's Housing Prices

12:56pm March 10, 2016

by Frank Langfitt

China's economy is struggling. The currency and stock market are down. Growth continues to slow. Yet in Shanghai, people are scrambling to buy apartments even as prices soar. Why?

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De Desharnais, a homebuilder and real estate agent in Nashua, N.H., stands in front of a house her company is constructing. She says her company had 32 employees at the height of the housing boom, and now only has six despite the industry's gradual recove

Will A Fed Interest Rate Hike Slow The Housing Recovery?

1:54pm December 15, 2015

by Chris Arnold

Many construction companies are still recovering from the housing crash, and while buyers don't seem pressured by a looming Federal Reserve decision, higher rates would make mortgages less affordable.

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National

Tide Starts To Turn Against The 'Crime' Of Being Homeless

5:35pm November 03, 2015

by Pam Fessler

Some local laws make it illegal to sleep or eat outside. Advocates have fought these laws in court. Now, the federal government is taking a stance, pushing ways to help, not criminalize, the homeless.

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Economy

'Fast 50' List Shows Growing Trends in The Triad

11:21am September 25, 2015

by Emily McCord

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Economy

Ardmore Supporters Meet To Discuss Neighborhood Redevelopment Plan

8:06pm August 25, 2015

Supporters of Winston-Salem's Ardmore and Cloverdale apartments expressed their concerns Monday over a proposed redevelopment plan for the area.

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Student Journalists

Providing Affordable, Permanent Housing: Tamisha Keith

3:23pm August 25, 2015

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Angela Chalk looks at a home in New Orleans' 7th Ward that hasn't been touched since Hurricane Katrina. Chalk, the vice president of the 7th Ward neighborhood association, spends some of her free time tracking down and reporting dilapidated and abandoned

National

New Orleans Neighborhoods Scrabble For Hope In Abandoned Ruins

10:27am August 24, 2015

by Debbie Elliott

Hurricane Katrina obliterated homes and drove out residents. Ten years later, the city is still struggling with how to handle the blight that remains in some wards — scars of an uneven recovery.

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Daniel Harmon, a veteran of the wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq, looks out the window of his room at the Hollywood Veterans Center in Los Angeles. The facility provides housing to homeless vets.

National

The U.S. Declared War On Veteran Homelessness — And It Actually Could Win

12:00pm August 04, 2015

by Quil Lawrence

In 2009, then-Veterans Affairs head Eric Shinseki declared that all homeless veterans would have housing by 2015. New Orleans has made big strides, but in Los Angeles, the problem persists.

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Economy

Triad Housing Market Is Back (Sort Of)

6:00am July 10, 2015

by Emily McCord

The area is experiencing the best year for housing that it has seen in seven years.

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