California's sales pace over the past three years is down 31% compared to the previous 18 years, while the nationwide drop was 6%.

We’re once again taking the Marketplace “Economic Pulse,” views on the economy from a range of perspectives. This time it’s another check-in on housing, but specifically the affordability issue for ...

These medium-density projects of townhouses, duplexes, and other small multifamily homes often serve as a starter home for ...

When the nation’s labor secretary flubs arithmetic while struggling to defend poor employment data, there’s a problem.

The Great Recession of 2008 marked a particularly difficult time for Americans, with effects that reverberated around the world. Few remained unscathed as lay-offs and foreclosures mounted. While the ...

Class identity—whether a person identifies as upper, middle, or lower class—shapes how we behave, who we interact with, and ...

U.S. miners have experienced the equivalent of a second Great Recession this year, thanks to the precipitous drop in oil prices. Jobs numbers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday show ...

Over 400,000 households in New York had their gas or electric shut off last year because of non-payment, surpassing recession-era totals.

In Detroit, the median price of a home is now estimated at $7500, less than the lowest priced new car on the market. In Lehigh Acres, once a middle-class suburb of Miami, one out of every four people ...

New York (CNN) — Credit scores are falling at the fastest pace since the Great Recession as Americans struggle to keep up with the high cost of living and the return of student debt payments. The ...