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The rising cost of shelter has been one of the major components contributing to the current surge in inflation that began around the middle of 2021. According to the recent consumer price index...
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Many parts of the United States face serious housing shortages. One study last year by the nonprofit research group Up For Growth estimated that the country needs about 3.8 million homes simply to...
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The U.S. population rose 2.7% over the past five years, from about 327 million in 2016 to almost 332 million people in 2021. Nearly all of the increase was because of immigration. Americans continue...
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Home sales surged in the United States in the early months of the pandemic. From the first quarter of 2020 to the second, the homeownership rate in the U.S. climbed from 65.3% to 67.9% – the...
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This article was written with the assistance of A.I. technology, and has been edited and fact-checked by Melly Alazraki. Gary, Indiana, a once-thriving city on the shores of Lake Michigan, is now a...
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With home prices declining for over six months, some U.S. housing market conditions have shifted to favor buyers. Still, other conditions stack up against homebuyers, particularly mortgage rates. As...
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The best time of year to buy a house is usually the fall to early winter. Sellers often take homes off the market from Thanksgiving to the end of the year, and homeowners who keep their properties on...
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This article was written with the assistance of A.I. technology, and has been edited and fact-checked by Melly Alazraki and Colman Andrews. Fulshear, Texas, is the fastest-growing small town in...
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Big cities are the hallmark of American society, each embracing different music, sports teams, and art, culminating in a distinct culture for each metropolis. The way of life these cities offer...
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High demand for housing during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with limited supply, created a strong sellers market that resulted in record-breaking home values. At the same time, mortgage lenders and...
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for single-family housing surged as supply constraints reduced inventory. These conditions not only sent home values soaring, but also gave mortgage lenders and...
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Not all places in the U.S. have enjoyed the tremendous spike in housing prices that much of the country has. Some have been negatively affected by the pandemic. T Several factors have driven home...
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Vacant homes are a blight in several cities. Those hardest hit are the older industrial cities of the Midwest. They have lost population as people moved elsewhere to find jobs because manufacturing...
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Already weighed down with student debt, millennials also struggle when it comes to buying a house. In some markets, the rise in home prices over the past two decades has made homeownership...
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Though there are large historic homes all across the nation, each state is home to at least one massive estate that towers over the rest. These mansions have thousands, if not tens of thousands, of...
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