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Microsoft is recommending several policies to local lawmakers in an effort to help speed up housing development in Washington state.

In a playbook the company released Thursday are four proposals that Microsoft says are “concrete, evidence-based actions that state and local leaders” can take to close the housing gap.

—Unlock land: ...Read more

Q: Can my neighbor point cameras into my courtyard that capture all my comings and goings? —Rachel

A: Privacy concerns can arise no matter where someone lives. Sometimes it is a nosy neighbor; other times it involves a business with security cameras or drones flying overhead.

While laws vary depending on where you live, the general ...Read more

Maryland and other states have settled with Capital One for $425 million after the bank was found to have used deceptive practices and misleading language for its 360 Savings accounts, according to the Office of the Maryland Attorney General.

The $425 million settlement is a revised agreement stemming from a complaint about Capital One’s 360 ...Read more

Wall Street homebuyers rattled by President Donald Trump’s broadside are plotting their own proposals to defuse the risk of getting shut out of the housing market.

“If the administration were to sit down with a group of us we could put a we could put a proposal — we could put a project — together,” Pretium Co-President Stephen Scherr ...Read more

The elimination of U.S. tax credits for residential heat pumps, solar panels and batteries will make electrifying your home more expensive in 2026, and tariffs and made-in-America mandates could add additional costs.

Just how pricey remains to be seen. New financing models could help keep some solar and battery costs in check, according to ...Read more

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick recently met with executives from major homebuilding companies, according to people familiar with the matter, part of President Donald Trump’s push to bolster his standing with voters on the economy.

The administration has held meetings in recent weeks aimed at sounding out the builders on ways to improve ...Read more

President Donald Trump is directing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to purchase $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he cast as his latest effort to bring down housing costs ahead of the November midterm election.

Trump announced the move on Thursday in a social media post, saying “This will drive Mortgage Rates DOWN, monthly payments DOWN, and...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said he was directing the purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds, which he cast as his latest effort to bring down housing costs ahead of the November midterm election.

Trump announced the move on Thursday in a social media post. The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Pulte, said soon after ...Read more

Since the January 2025 firestorms damaged or destroyed more than 12,000 homes in Los Angeles County, fire victims have repeatedly complained that insurers have delayed, denied or underpaid many of their claims, with most still displaced.

A year later, state lawmakers have introduced legislation to address those problems.

One bill, authored by ...Read more

For cash-strapped, lower-income homebuyers, the housing market is a tough place to be.

And it’s only becoming more uncomfortable in 2026.

A new federal rule has changed the eligibility targets for certain down payment- and closing cost-assistance programs, which could make the application for funds more competitive. And even when those ...Read more

New Jersey lawmakers passed a bill to prohibit households from being denied housing because they use public assistance.

The legislation, which lawmakers passed on Dec. 18, makes explicit that the state’s anti-discrimination law includes protections for residents based on their source of income for housing payments, including government ...Read more