What Is a Starter Home? The Small, Affordable Houses That Weren’t Being Built Anymore—Until Now

Owning a little house on a plot of land is synonymous with the American dream—a sign of prosperity and social mobility. Affectionately known as the starter home, it was seen as the first rung on the property ladder and tended to be smaller and less expensive. "Conceptually, a starter home is one tha

Breaking Through to First-Time Buyers: The Basics of Millennial and Gen Z Marketing

Editor’s Note: Social Skills is a bi-monthly feature in RISMedia’s Daily News focused on social media and digital marketing tips, trends and solutions for agents and brokers. The housing market has not exactly been a breeding ground for first-time homebuying in recent years, but that doesn’t mean th

Josh Duhamel Reveals How Life at Off-Grid Cabin Helped to Prepare Him for Rugged Role in ‘Ransom Canyon’

Actor Josh Duhamel has revealed how spending time at his rustic "doomsday prepper cabin" in Minnesota served as the perfect crash course for his rancher role in the hit Netflix series "Ransom Canyon." Duhamel, 53, has owned a sprawling property just across the border from his home state of North Dak

New Homeownership Measure Finds Only 22% of Young People Own Homes

Developed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, a new homeownership measure—the homeowners-to-population ratio (HPOP)—aims to provide an alternative to better reflect the share of adults who are homeowners, as the path to the American Dream for young people remains uncertain. In a July 15 rele