Rent-to-own deals are nothing new. These transactions, in which a portion of the buyer’s monthly rent payment is ultimately applied toward a down payment, traditionally have been used by home buyers ...

If you rent a house when you would rather own, pin some of the blame on corporate landlords. The 10 biggest institutional investors owned more than 430,000 single-family rental homes at the end of ...

With record low housing affordability and more Australians destined for lifelong renting, governments are encouraging more ...

Real estate stands as a cornerstone of wealth generation, and as 19th-century British philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill once, said, "Landlords grow rich in their sleep." Landlords don't ...

There is no doubt that California faces an existential affordable housing crisis. More than 171,000 Californians are homeless, and 3.2 million — 56% of tenants — are rent-burdened. The Golden State’s ...

The Democratic nominee has called for freezing the rent on a million apartments. Credit...Elias Williams for The New York Times Supported by By Debra Kamin He campaigned with laser-sharp focus on ...