Solving Affordability with More Density

Most of us love the idea of having a single-family home on a two-acre lot, big enough to support livestock. But when it comes to housing affordability, says Zillow, Seattle, most of us also say they see a path through adding density.

What $1 Million Gets in Today’s Housing Market

Location, location, location: take a $75,000 bungalow in Garfield Heights, Ohio and plop it down on a 1/3-acre lot in McLean, Va., and it suddenly becomes an $800,000 object of a bidding war.