2020 Vision: Experts Say Next Recession Looms at Decade’s End
Experts largely expect the next recession to begin in 2020, in line with prior expectations expressed in the latter half of 2017. But unlike last year, experts these days are less worried that geopolitical events might tip the economy into the red, and more concerned over monetary and trade policy.
Memphis and Other Southeast Markets Have the Shortest Buy-Rent Breakeven Horizons
The amount of time it takes for owning a typical U.S. home to make more financial sense than renting an identical home is now 1.96 years – or a little under a year and 11 months. It's a year and almost four months in Memphis.
12 Places With the Most Vacation Homes
Ever visited a place where it seems like even the locals are on vacation? You might be right.
Notable Housing Numbers From April 2018
30.3 percentage points: The gap between white and black homeownership rates, which has widened since 1900. 21.6%: Share of income the typical renter in Pittsburgh -- the most affordable major rental market in the country -- pays in rent.
Geographies Analyzed for Redlining-Home Value Research
Zillow analyzed redlined neighborhoods in the 151 cities, counties or other geographic areas listed here. In three-quarters of them, formerly redlined neighborhoods now have lower median home values than communities that carried different labels.
Living the ‘Homemade’ Life in Hudson, N.Y.
'People come here because they have an idea of what the ideal life would be, and they come here to let this be a place of working toward the ideal.'
Living the ‘Homemade’ Life in Savannah
'There is this energy. The cobblestones, the dripping Spanish moss, the years and years of history. You feel it all here.'
Living the ‘Homemade’ Life in Asheville, N.C.
'It's just this free-spirited little place tucked away in the mountains.'
Living the ‘Homemade’ Life in Bend, Oregon
'The thing that makes Bend feel like home to me is whenever I see the Cascade Mountains off in the distance.'
10 Most Affordable Markets for Renters
Markets with low rents might not be as affordable as they seem when you consider the earning power of people who live there. Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Oklahoma City top the list of metros that pass a more realistic test.
