Easing the Rent Burden
A new statistic in the housing field has got the housing blogosphere buzzing: more than half of all renters in the US are rent burdened. This means they are paying…
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Look Homeward to Asheville
Asheville, North Carolina was the setting for Thomas Wolfe’s best known novels, Look Homeward, Angel, and You Can’t Go Home Again. It is a beautiful town, often compared with…
As rents rise, first time home buying goes down. How can it be?
With increasing cost of renting here and elsewhere, you would think that renters would be flocking to real estate brokers to purchase an affordable home. Susan Wachtel of the Wharton…
What’s so scary about home buying?
Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting the Bost Family. Mom, Dad and the three kids were settling into their new home in Crozet, VA. With Piedmont Housing’s assistance,…