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Where Childcare and Housing Costs Consume the Most Family Income
US families spend about 52% of income on housing and childcare combined; in Los Angeles and New York the share tops 90%,...
LA County ADU Construction Hits Record, Making Up 38% of New Housing in 2025
USC: LA County completed 10,230 ADUs in 2025, or 37.5% of new housing, but the region remains far short of its 812,000-u...
Spanish Rents Top €1,100 for 80 m² as Regional Gap Widens
Fotocasa's July index shows San Sebastián at €1,610 and Jaén at €600 for an 80 m² flat, with Madrid and the Balearics fa...
YIT Slovakia's New CEO Maps Out State Ties, Košice Entry and a 1,700-Apartment Bet
YIT Slovakia's new chief Patrik Golský is moving beyond Bratislava — into state cooperation, Košice and foreign markets ...
Slovakia 2040: Vision Promises Affordable Housing, Strategy Still to Come
Slovakia's 2040 vision targets cheaper flats relative to incomes, but current data show how ambitious that is — and the ...
Why Waiting to Buy a House in Germany Is a Losing Strategy—and the Surprising Auto City Effect
A new affordability index reveals that in 251 of 400 German districts, buying power has worsened over the past year, whi...
Trump's Economy After 18 Months: Resilience Meets Stalled Progress on Jobs, Prices and Housing
Immigration crackdowns, tariff hikes and the Iran war have tested US economic resilience. But job growth has softened, i...
NYC's Affordability Squeeze and the Coming Congestion Charge: A Financial Reality Check
With Brooklyn’s median rent surpassing $3,600 against incomes of just $33,000, and Manhattan congestion pricing set to b...