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Americans now have nearly as much home equity as they did when levels peaked before the housing crisis, according to a recent study on the state of the nation’s housing market from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.

As of this week, landlords of Los Angeles rent-controlled buildings can raise rent by 4%, the first time in a decade the annual cap isn't 3%. The larger increase reflects higher inflation levels and comes as rising rents have been blamed for crimping household budgets and driving people into homelessness.

A growing number of Americans are struggling to cope with the high and rising cost of rental housing in the United States. Democratic presidential candidates are promoting industrial-strength plans to ease the pain. The ideas come in two flavors: subsidies for renters, and efforts to increase construction.

Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies’ recent report on the state of housing in the U.S. pointed to Dallas specifically for its real estate boom.

Overall the share of renters has fallen for the past two years, as homeownership has increased, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies, but that's after years of growth in renters following the recession and foreclosure crisis.

There were 3.1 million first-time homebuyers in 2016 and early 2017, according to a recent study on the state of the nation’s housing market by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.

Barely enough houses are being built to keep up with the number of U.S. households, according to the annual State of the Nation's Housing report, released last week.

After four years as CEO of Freddie Mac, Donald Layton is heading back to Harvard University.

If you want to know why home prices have skyrocketed, surpassing even the bubble price levels of 2005-2006, the answer is right under your feet.

Home building has barely kept pace with the number of new households in the United States over the last eight years, and much of what is being built is aimed at the higher end of the market, according to the State of the Nation's Housing report.