Why Is Your Rent So High?

It’s Election Day in the US and a deluge of midterms-related lawsuits have already been filed, even though polls haven’t closed yet. Bloomberg legal reporter Zoe Tillman and Josh Wingrove, who covers the White House, join host David Gura to make sense of the latest legal fights. ...  Afficher plus

Hackers the FBI has linked to North Korea stole $6.3 billion from Binance, pulling off the biggest crypto heist of all time. On today’s Big Take podcast, host Sarah Holder speaks with Bloomberg crypto editor Ryan Weeks and Bloomberg Economics’ Adam Farrar about how the attack unf ...  Afficher plus

A typical rental property gets 25 enquires from people who want to view it, according to the property listings site Rightmove. That high demand also comes alongside high prices. The estate agents Hamptons says tenants have been hit with the biggest rise in rental costs in at leas ...  Afficher plus

Rent prices have steadily risen for as long as we can remember. But, few of us would have ever expected the unimaginable rent hikes of 2020-2022. With major metros seeing double-digit year-over-year rent percentage bumps, residents were forced to throw a larger chunk of their inc ...  Afficher plus

Across the rich world millions spend more than a third of their disposable income on rent. We ask why policymakers have such <a href="https://www.economist.com/international/2024/05/29/is-your-rent-ever-going-to-fall?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=the ...