Housing

More renters are choosing to stay in their apartments when their leases are up.

Home prices, interest rates, availability and more factor into our new metric, updated monthly, that gauges how difficult it is to buy a home where you live.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says that rental assistance for some 60,000 Americans fleeing homelessness or domestic violence will run out of money by the end of next year.

While the opening months of this year showed early signs of a thaw, the nation’s housing market remains far out of reach for many would-be buyers.

Recently, President Donald Trump’s administration signaled the possibility of selling Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the private sector. Consumer Investigative Reporter Susan Hogan explains how that shift could impact future homebuyers.

Housing’s yearslong winter might be showing the first hints of thaw, according to new data from the NBC News Home Buyer Index.

A Hyattsville, Maryland, apartment building housing students from nearby colleges and universities has been determined “unfit” for residents by the city. Students said they’d been without water and power in the high-rise building for multiple days. Vie Towers told News4 the problem stems from the property’s electrical panel. Residents say they’ve experienced low or no water pressure in their...

A Hyattsville apartment building, which houses students at nearby colleges and universities, has been determined “unfit” for residents by the city. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

Shopping for a new home? Ready to renovate your kitchen or install a new deck? You’ll be paying more to do so. The Trump administration’s tariffs on imported goods from Canada, Mexico and China — some already in place, others set to take effect in a few weeks — are already driving up the cost of building materials used in...

A $300,000 homebuying budget can get you four times more space depending on which state you live in.

Lawmakers want to know whether landlords’ higher rents are based on a technology being probed by prosecutors.

The lawsuit accuses the landlords of sharing sensitive data on rents and occupancy with competing firms via email, phone calls or in groups.

More than half of homes for sale in November had sat on the market for at least 60 days without going under a contract of sale.

“Empty nesters” downsizing isn’t likely to be the solution to the housing shortages facing major U.S. cities, recent Zillow research finds.

It’s too soon to tell if 2025 will be a housing market favoring buyers or sellers. But some areas could offer affordable conditions, according to experts.

It’s no surprise that living in the D.C. area is expensive, but what are the most expensive areas? News4’s Tony Perkins and Jummy Olabanji take a look.

It’s no surprise that living in the D.C. area is expensive. In fact, most of Maryland and Virginia’s most expensive ZIP codes are Washington suburbs, according to a recent report by the company RealtyHop. RealtyHop looked at median listing prices for all types of homes in the U.S. between Jan. 1 and Oct. 15, 2024. While California, Florida and...

The body found encased in concrete inside a refrigerator at a Northeast D.C. apartment building has been identified as a 44-year-old woman and housing advocate. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

The body found encased in concrete inside a refrigerator at a Northeast D.C. apartment building has been identified as a 44-year-old woman and housing advocate. Chandra Brown was remembered as a talented writer and poet. “That’s my baby. My baby’s gone,” Sheila Brown, Chandra’s mother, said. Brown, who lives in North Carolina, says she and her daughter spoke by...

Real estate developers are building housing inside of or next to shopping malls as department stores like Macy’s, JC Penney and Sears shrink or cease to exist.