Zillow: ‘Accidental Landlords’ on the Rise

Zillow, Seattle, released a new analysis, finding that there are a rising number of homeowners putting their unsold homes up for rent–making them “accidental landlords.”

Zillow Finds Buyers Need $17,000 Raise to Afford a Home

Five years ago, a median-income household could afford a typical U.S. home. Today, they’re more than $17,000 short, even if they have $73,000 saved for a down payment, a new Zillow analysis found.