How Student Loans and Debt Influence the Affordable Housing Crisis
The financial crisis is now a decade behind us. But at least one consequence persists, a pile of student debt. Since the ...
Find out how soon you can buy your first home with the Poplar Street Home Savings Calculator
As a renter dreaming of buying your first home, you may have two questions: How much do I need to save up? ...
Renting Your Way to Real Estate Investing
Rent is easily one of the biggest monthly expense that traditionally gives no chance to save. Renting is great if it helps ...
Here’s Your Chance To Win Free Rent For A Year
To celebrate Poplar Street’s launch, Onerent is giving away the chance to win free rent for a year! This 6-week long ...
The American Dream: Not for Millennials?
Homeownership was seen as one of the final steps of passage into adulthood and financial independence for previous generations of Americans. A ...
Californians Can Vote to Expand or Repeal Rent Control This November
High rents, low supply of affordable housing, and high costs of living have plagued California renters. Longtime renters have felt the financial ...
Is Buying a Home Possible for Millennials?
Millennials are often associated with negative connotations such as lazy, entitled, and financially risky. Because millennial renters are the younger generation out ...
The Benefits and Challenges of Homeownership For Millennials
The rise of creative economies and the rush for jobs in urban areas have had drastic impacts upon rent and housing prices ...
Guide to First-Time Home Buyer Programs
With home sale prices averaging $374,700 in the United States, it can take several years to save enough money to purchase a ...
How Renters Can Fight High Rent Increases
As the demand for renting increases year over year, landlords are more enticed to charge higher rents. In 2017, the number of ...
New Homeownership Trends: The Rise of The Creative Class and the New Urban Crisis
Data showing that younger generations wish to become new homeowners are eye-opening. Contrary to popular belief, Millennials do dream of buying a ...
Top 6 Ways To Save Money For A Home With Low Income
Decades ago, the United States of America promised the American dream of opportunity while living in a suburban home with a white ...
Introducing ‘Poplar Street’, A Product to Give Renters 20 Percent of Their Rent Back When They Buy a Home
Today, we announce the launch of our new product called Poplar Street – a new way to rent-to-buy a home. Renters can rent a ...