The Price of Prestige: Tech Employees’ Living Costs in Silicon Valley & Seattle
Even the famously generous tech salaries in Silicon Valley are not enough to compensate for California’s expensive housing and high tax burdens, particularly relative to tech employees working in less expensive and lower-tax states like Washington.
February Market Report: Peeking at Home Value Peaks
Median home values in more than a quarter of the nation’s metro housing markets are currently, or were recently (within the last year), at peak and as high as they’ve ever been, according to the February Zillow Real Estate Market Report. But what do home value peaks really mean?
Rockin’ the Suburbs: Home Values and Rents in Urban, Suburban and Rural Areas
The suburban home – long a symbol of success, stability and the American Dream – appears to be losing some of its luster as the appeal of city living gains steam and urban homes grow in value more quickly.
The latest Zillow reading list features commentary on commentary on the unintended consequences of American homeownership policies, affordable housing and why, exactly, the rent is too damn high.
Housing in Alaska: Why America’s Last Frontier is Stuck in a Deep Freeze
As temperatures dip below zero and Alaskans prepare for 20-hour nights, the climate is not the only thing in a deep freeze across America’s last frontier: While housing markets in the lower 48 continue to recover strongly from the housing bust, the Alaskan housing market remains decidedly frigid.
October Market Reports: Home Value Growth Accelerates, While Rent Growth Slows
As the U.S. housing market enters the fourth quarter of 2015, the dominant trends from the first quarter have reversed. Annual home value appreciation, previously slowing down, has accelerated; while growth in rents, previously accelerating, has begun to slow down.
Q3 Real Estate Market Reports: Condos Are Back
From peak to bottom, the median value of a typical condo in the U.S. fell by almost a third (33.2 percent). Since bottoming, however, condo values have been on a tear.
Swipe Up: Tech Workers and Home Values in Silicon Valley
Home values in the neighborhoods where employees from Silicon Valley's tech giants tend to cluster are rising more quickly than home values elsewhere.
