Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. Dec 01, 2025, 09:30am EST What seemed like an ideal purchase because of ...

Jerome Powell has stopped pretending the Federal Reserve can rescue the American housing market. He now describes housing as a looming problem built on years of underbuilding and policy choices that ...

The call is coming from inside the house. For all the talk about the Fed's prolonged challenge to tame the frenzy of the COVID-era housing market, it's the central bank's own headquarters that's ...

Rents rise when cities block new homes. Data tools didn’t create the housing shortage or high prices — policy choices did, ...

While Nashville continues to grow, many of the residents who power the city are having a harder time staying here.