Veronica Dagher

New York

Personal Finance Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

WSJ Personal Finance Reporter; TV & Podcast Guest; Author: @WSJ’s Resilience: How 20 Ambitious Women Used Obstacles To Fuel Their Success; Proud Wife & Mom

Articles

Fannie and Freddie Changes Would Reshape the Mortgage Market. It Hinges on These Questions.

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Ben Eisen |Veronica Dagher

The Trump administration wants to sell shares in these key financial companies. How it does so will have a big impact on home buyers and owners. The Trump administration wants to sell shares in two government-controlled companies that are crucial for getting a mortgage. First it needs to figure out what it wants the mortgage market to look like. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
How to Sell a Condo When the Market Is Working Against You

1 month ago | mansionglobal.com | Veronica Dagher

Real-estate agent Jaclyn Bild was trying to sell a Miami condo recently when she got a request: Could a prospective buyer have a video call with the condo association president? The interested buyer wanted to ask the board president about the building’s budget and whether there might be future costly repairs. Bild had never gotten such a request and, in the past, she thinks the association would have turned it down.
American Homes Are Shrinking. Why Are They Still So Unaffordable?

1 month ago | advisorstream.com | Veronica Dagher |Ron Phillips

By Veronica Dagher May 27, 2025 More starter homes are being built, but the situation isn’t a return to the 1950s Homes have been getting smaller over the past few years. Why haven’t they been getting more affordable? Builders have started making more entry-level starter homes, but not tons of them. The small homes they do build are still subject to rising costs for land and labor.
American Homes Are Shrinking. Why They’re Still Unaffordable, in 4 Charts

1 month ago | wsj.com | Veronica Dagher

More starter homes are being built, but the situation isn’t a return to the 1950sHomes have been getting smaller over the past few years. Why haven’t they been getting more affordable? Builders have started making more entry-level starter homes, but not tons of them. The small homes they do build are still subject to rising costs for land and labor. Buyers who choose them have to contend with today’s high mortgage rates, which drive up their monthly costs. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
How to Sell a Condo When the Market Is Working Against You

1 month ago | wsj.com | Veronica Dagher

Real-estate agents say to get ahead of special assessments and rising association duesReal-estate agent Jaclyn Bild was trying to sell a Miami condo recently when she got a request: Could a prospective buyer have a video call with the condo association president? The interested buyer wanted to ask the board president about the building’s budget and whether there might be future costly repairs.
Is a Condo Really Worth It Right Now? This Buyer Decided to Take the Plunge

1 month ago | wsj.com | Veronica Dagher

There are a lot of reasons not to buy a condominium these days. Gordon Miller did it anyway. He looked past the homeowners-association dues that are rising across the country, and the special assessments that more buildings are charging for major repairs. He acknowledged that a condo probably wouldn’t appreciate as quickly as a single-family house, and might eventually be tougher to sell. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Is a Condo Really Worth It Right Now? This Buyer Decided to Take the Plunge

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Veronica Dagher

16 hours agoWalter and Debbie Priebe thought they were doing the right thing. Their home in Pompano Beach, FL—which they purchased in 2002 from Walter’s father—needed serious repairs. The walls were infested with termites. The roof was failing. But more than that, the house held deep emotional value: Their late …
How to Make Major Investment Decisions Right Now From Mortgages to Stocks

2 months ago | wsj.com | Veronica Dagher |Joe Pinsker |Oyin Adedoyin

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Americans Have $35 Trillion in Housing Wealth-and It’s Costing Them

2 months ago | wsj.com | Veronica Dagher |Anne Tergesen

After accounting for mortgage payments, their home equity—the portion of their home they own outright—grew by about $525,000. But there was another surprise: Their property taxes have increased by more than 50% since the purchase after multiple reassessments, to nearly $21,000 annually. They know this is a fortunate problem to have, especially since they can still pay their bills. But the higher property taxes have pushed them to trim discretionary spending.
Americans Have $35 Trillion in Housing Wealth—and It’s Costing Them | Flipboard

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Veronica Dagher |Anne Tergesen

4 hours agoWith Llama 4, Meta fudged benchmarks to appear as though its new AI model is better than the competition. Over the weekend, Meta dropped two new Llama 4 models: a smaller model named Scout, and Maverick, a mid-size model that the company claims can beat GPT-4o and Gemini 2.0 Flash “across a broad …