June 10, 2016
The High Cost of Living in NOLA
Occupy.com quoted me in For Struggling Renters in New Orleans, Hope May Be Coming A Bit Late. It opens, Twenty-four-year old Stuart Marino is a finance major at University of New Orleans with $8,000 in student loan debt and 33 … Continue reading
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June 7, 2016
Buying A First Home
Realtor.com quoted me in Buying Your First Home? Better Make Sure It Has These 4 Things. It opens, Finding the perfect starter home is a journey as well as a destination. You’ve got to know what you want, then adjust expectations … Continue reading
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June 1, 2016
Millennials Coming Home
I was interviewed on Voice of America’s American Café in a story, Millennials Coming Home. The story touches on many of the themes that I blogged about last week. VoA sets up the show as follows: A new study says … Continue reading
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May 27, 2016
Mommy, I’m Home!
The Pew Research Center has released For First Time in Modern Era, Living with Parents Edges out Other Living Arrangements for 18- to 34-Year-Olds (link for complete report on right side of page). This report adds to the growing literature on … Continue reading
May 27, 2016 in Renting | Permalink | No Comments
May 4, 2016
The Rental Crisis and Household Formation
The Mortgage Bankers Association has posted a Special Report: Diverted Homeowners, the Rental Crisis and Foregone Household Formation. The report’s bottom line is that people who should have been homeowners have displaced people who should have been renters. Those displaced people have been left … Continue reading
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April 6, 2016
All The Single Ladies . . . Buy Houses
Realtor.com quote me in More Single Women Hunt for Homes, Not Husbands. It reads, in part, Alayna Tagariello Francis had always assumed she’d marry first, then buy a home. But when she found herself footloose, free, and definably single in her … Continue reading
April 6, 2016 in Renting | Permalink | No Comments
April 4, 2016
Living with Nightmare Neighbors
US News & World Report quoted me in How to Avoid and Live With Neighbor Nightmares. It opens, When Mike Scanlin and his wife moved into an expensive ground-floor condominium within a four-story building in a posh part of Los Angeles … Continue reading
April 4, 2016 in Renting | Permalink | No Comments
