Homeowner news
What changed today — and what it means for your house. Updated daily.
Market & Mortgage
The Mortgage Rate Reality Check: Why Relief is on Hold
Hoping for a sudden drop in borrowing costs this fall? The central bank just delivered a harsh reality check.
Home & Safety
When the Storms Pass and the Ground Gives Way
Late summer in the Midwest brings severe derechos from above and sudden street collapses from below.
Money & Bills
The Homeowner Pushback: Taxes, HOAs, and the 2026 Revolt
Between skyrocketing property taxes and zombie HOAs, the cost of just staying in your house is testing everyone's patience. Now, homeowners are fighting back.
Home Projects
The High Cost of Breaking Down
Air conditioning repairs are wiping out emergency funds this summer. Now, homeowners are paying up for heavy-duty upgrades and dodging predatory contractors along the way.
Energy & Solar
The Great Utility Reshuffle
Mandatory water bans in Denver. Rising bills for lead pipe replacements in Ohio. The basic math of running a home is changing, and you're the one paying for it.
Market & Mortgage
The New Mortgage Math
If you've been holding out for a sudden drop in borrowing costs, you can probably exhale. Here's how buyers are handling the new math.
Money & Bills
The Home Insurance Market's Quiet Eviction Notice
Home insurance is getting expensive. Worse, it's getting harder to keep. Here is why companies are dropping policies and how local governments are fighting back.
Home Projects
The Looming Lumber Tax
You have the equity to renovate. But a brewing border dispute over building materials is about to make major home projects a lot more expensive.
Home & Safety
The Summer Utility and Water Audit
Electricity rates are spiking and municipalities are cracking down on water usage. Here's what you need to know to protect your budget and your lawn this season.
Energy & Solar
The Data Center Next Door
Tech companies are spending billions to build massive AI data centers, and the fight over power, water, and property values is coming to a neighborhood near you.
Market & Mortgage
A Push to End the Home-Sale Tax Penalty While Lenders Brace for a Bumpy Fall
Congress is trying to thaw the housing market's deep freeze by doubling capital gains tax exclusions, just as the mortgage industry prepares for a slowdown.
Home & Safety
Freezer Threats and FEMA Delays: The Home Hazard Report
A nationwide popsicle recall has a years-long shelf life, and the federal response to Midwestern storms is frustratingly slow. Here's what you need to know this week.
Money & Bills
The Tax Man and the Con Artist
Homeowners are caught in a frustrating squeeze between rising local tax burdens and sophisticated scammers promising a magical way out.
Home Projects
The Professionalization of the American Remodel
With moving off the table for millions, homeowners are trading DIY weekends for serious, high-tech upgrades to their current spaces.
Energy & Solar
Your House Is the New Power Plant
Utility giants are merging and net metering policies are shifting. But new incentives can help you turn your property into a personal power hub.
Market & Mortgage
The Housing Market Is Frozen, Except Where It's Not
National home sales hit a wall when mortgage rates spiked. But beneath that quiet surface, cooling boomtowns and rising affordable cities are trading places.
Money & Bills
The Property Tax Tug-of-War
Homeowners want lower bills, but cities are going broke. How the fight over property taxes is forcing tough choices in your neighborhood.
Home Projects
The New Rules of Home Improvement
Between a looming lumber tariff and new 'lawn cop' enforcement in drought zones, upgrading your property is getting complicated.
Home & Safety
The Summer of Hidden Hazards
When you buy a house, you assume the street out front is permanent. But recent sinkholes and floods prove the ground beneath us is literally shifting.
Energy & Solar
The Data Center Next Door
Data centers are moving into residential neighborhoods and straining the power grid. But this energy squeeze is creating a new way for homeowners to get paid.