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A plan to buy 6,365 badly damaged Detroit homes all at once has fallen apart barely weeks after it was announced with great fanfare.
thinkstock.comThe Great Recession was hard on most of the country, but few areas were hit harder than the rust belt. Since the end of the recession, however, many of the region’s cities have...
thinkstock.comDespite an ongoing economic recovery in the U.S., American households are still struggling. While last year the median household income rose to $52,250, Americans are still not as well...
Despite an ongoing economic recovery in the U.S., American households are still struggling. While last year the median household income rose to $52,250, Americans are still not as well off as they...
Detroit continues to have a program to sell $1,000 homes to people who will upgrade them and live in them.
The recession has not left a number of cities, mostly in central California, which is racked by drought and a slow recovery from the housing bubble.
These are the 10 least affordable housing markets in America.
Detroit is the only top housing market where prices are still below its Case Shiller January 2000 benchmark.
These are the 11 U.S. cities with the most dangerous diets.
Among the top 100 U.S. cities based on population, the share of income needed to afford a median home based on the typical price in that market was 15.3% last quarter.
ThinkstockIn yet one more survey of the best cities to live in, most livable cities, most affordable cities and best places of foreigners to live, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has produced...
ThinkstockAfter multiple unusually dry years across the western, southern and central United States, more than 80% of California is now in a state of extreme or exceptional drought, according to the...
ThinkstockIt seems as though being a millionaire isn’t as rare as one might imagine, at least not in some of the greatest cities around the world. In fact, it turns out that some cities are...
ThinkstockAtlantic City, which at one point was supposed to rival Las Vegas as a gambling destination, has nearly fallen to pieces. One of the last bricks taken out of its wall is a new rating by...
While there are a variety of options for homeowners in foreclosure,many have chosen to cut their losses and abandon their property. The housing market has been improving across much of the nation....