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Emily Badger

Homeownership rate expected to keep falling

WASHINGTON – The homeownership rate in the U.S. has been tumbling since the height of the housing boom. Fewer people own their homes – because foreclosures claimed them or because the housin...

Low-income housing isn’t just about affordability

WASHINGTON – Earlier this month, city supervisors in San Francisco considered an emergency 45-day moratorium on the construction of new market-rate housing in the Mission district so that th...

Urban sprawl comes with hefty price tag

Study puts economic cost at $1T a year

Why one-way streets are the absolute worst

Crime, drop in property values were found

Americans are returning to the ’burbs

Suburbs growing faster than urban centers once again

Bidding wars make comeback in real estate

WASHINGTON – The housing bubble brought bidding wars – wars over $500,000 properties that ultimately sold for $600,000, wars over under-listed condos that drew dozens of would-be buyers, war...

Using parking differently

Conventional wisdom says that businesses need parking spots. If would-be customers can’t pull up out front, how will they come inside? This is a powerful idea, and it invariably a...

Wonkblog: The rise of single motherhood in America

WASHINGTON – Few institutions in America have evolved over the past 50 years quite like motherhood. More women are having their children later in life. Or they’re doing so in less traditiona...