Matt Yan

Rental inventory is rising in Queens and Brooklyn, and declining in Manhattan. How are new developments altering the rental market?The median asking rent in New York City rose 2.1 percent from October 2023 to October 2024, according to a report from StreetEasy. But even if the average rental is a bit more expensive, the annual

Some people race to grab their packages before thieves can nab them. Others move to buildings with dedicated mailrooms.Good news: Your package has been delivered.Bad news: It isn’t on your porch, under the mailboxes or in a package room, if you have one.Unfortunately, your package might have been stolen by a porch pirate, like an

While many metropolitan areas have homes valued at $1 million or more, California is leading the pack.The U.S. median home sale price is up 5.2 percent from last October, to over $435,000, according to Redfin. But prices vary widely by location, with the median home value in a couple of metro areas topping $1 million,

They’re up in nearly every major U.S. metro area, but homeowners in the South have seen especially large increases.Over the past five years, property taxes have gone up in nearly every American metro area, according to a report from Redfin. But one region is getting hit harder than others.In the southeastern part of the United

When Mallory and David Gonzalez bought their three-bedroom duplex in Charlestown, the historic Boston neighborhood where the Charles and Mystic Rivers meet, it was the perfect size. One of the bedrooms became an office for Mr. Gonzalez, who works remotely. Two years later, in late 2018, the couple welcomed their son, Rainer, to the condo,

Has your offer on a home been accepted? Congratulations! If all goes well, it will soon be time for the closing, the final step in transferring ownership of a property. But there’s still work to be done.Reaching closing day after an accepted offer typically can take between 30 and 45 days — but can sometimes

A study found that people who earn low wages were rent-burdened in all of the country’s 50 largest real estate markets.American renter households are chronically burdened by their rent, meaning they spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing, according to recent census data. For people making minimum wage, finding affordable rent is

An analysis of Census Bureau data found that while Generation Z is definitely rent burdened, millennials may have had it worse.Earlier this year, we reported that Generation Z has emerged as the generation driving the most rental demand, supplanting millennials, who are slowly making the transition to homeownership. You might think, given the crunch of

Among the five boroughs, Brooklyn has had the most complaints so far this year. But overall, the numbers appear to be trending down.Rats, rats, rats — familiar and often feared creatures in many cities. New Yorkers may see them in the subway enjoying a slice of pizza, scurrying among trash bins or sometimes even inside

Midsize metropolitan areas saw the largest increases in the share of remote workers over the past decade, according to a study.Remote work has become the norm for many during the past few years. Although offices are filling up again, they’ll probably never reach prepandemic levels. So, how many people are working from home, and where