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Pittsburgh, Detroit, and St. Louis are the only affordable large metros, while buyers in Los Angeles potentially need to spend more than 100% of the median income on a home AUSTIN, Texas , June 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In today's major housing markets, affordability isn't just strained, it's nearly extinct. According to a Realtor.com ®  Affordability Report, the typical U.S. household would nee...

Robert Thomson, a close confidante of Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch for decades, has been re-upped as CEO of News Corp. for another five years, through June 2030. The exec has overseen the media company, whose portfolio spans print, digital and book publishing, since 2013. Among the subsidiaries of News Corp.

Thomson has delivered News Corp's four most profitable years from fiscal 2021 to 2024, with continued strong performance in fiscal 2025 despite a challenging media landscape, the company said.

Thomson has pursued digital growth and focused the company on core areas of news, book publishing and digital real estate.

As rents have cooled, most major U.S. metros saw median rents pace below national inflation in the last 6 years: San Francisco (-3.2%), Minneapolis, Minn. (3.9%), Oklahoma City, Okla.

Recovery Splits the Map as the West and South Bounce Back, and Other Regions Struggle to Catch Up AUSTIN, Texas , June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. housing market is staging a comeback, but the rebound is sharply divided, according to the May Monthly Housing Trends Report from Realtor.com ®. The number of homes for sale in the U.S. topped 1 million for the first time since Winter 2019, but ...

Despite larger international housing shopper share in the U.S., demand from Canada – the leading source – has fallen AUSTIN, Texas , June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- International demand was a larger share of U.S. housing demand, as 1.9% of Realtor.com® online traffic came from international home shoppers in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 1.7% in the first quarter of 2024, according to a rep...

Austin, Texas ranks first with the lowest rent-to-income ratio and a booming tech scene Minneapolis, Minn., and Raleigh, N.C.