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The Best and Worst Cities for First-Time Home Buyers in 2018 Include Some...
Davel5957/iStockThink San Francisco or New York City would be the most challenging place to buy your first home? Nope—first-time home buyers will struggle far more in Denver. Really. This surprising...
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Cut-Rate Hot Spots: 10 Best Affordable Small and Midsize Cities to Live In, 2018
Davel5957/iStockAre you looking for an affordable community with low unemployment, plenty of colleges and universities, and lots of things to do on a Saturday night? One that you can actually afford to...
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Cynthia Nixon, NY Governor?! Her Real Estate Story Will Shock You Even More
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for IFPCynthia Nixon‘s run for governor has New Yorkers in a tizzy! And for good reason: In the “Sex and the City” star’s much-buzzed-about Twitter video announcing her...
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Can Fannie and Freddie Provide a Jolt to Buyers Desperate for Affordable...
iStockThe skyrocketing real estate markets across the U.S. may be terrific news to homeowners, but not so much for many prospective buyers. Truth be told, those who don’t have a generous pre-approval...
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More Renters Give Up on Buying a Home
Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty ImagesA growing percentage of apartment renters aren’t interested in buying a home as affordability challenges take a bigger toll on American aspirations of homeownership....
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Yurts: An Affordable American Housing Solution From the Steppes of Mongolia
Fred Ihrt/LightRocket/Getty Images; Kennan Harvey/Getty ImagesA type of ancient Mongolian hut used by nomadic herders is finding a fervent, new modern-day customer base: cost-conscious American home...
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Cities With the Worst Rent: Is This How Much You’re Coughing Up?
iStockSure, rents are too dang high just about everywhere, but people living in Los Angeles really have a right to complain: New analysis by Forbes has found that this city tops its list of the Worst...
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The Most—and Least—Affordable Places for Locals to Buy Homes
iStock; realtor.comWhere are locals most likely to buy an affordable home of their own? Not in California, that’s for sure. As prices surge faster than incomes, average Janes and Joes have a better...
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Mark Your Calendars: The Best Day and Month for Bargain Hunters to Buy a Home
iStock/realtor.comMost home buyers pay very close attention to just how much of their hard-earned dough they’ll be spending on their future abode. But it’s not just the size and the location that can...
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Forget SF, Goodbye NYC! You Won’t Believe the New Millennial Magnets for Home...
iStock; realtor.comLast fall, Kit Kester, 32, and his wife decided it was time to make the giant leap into first-time homeownership. But they didn’t consider relocating to job-packed San Francisco,...
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Where Are Home Prices Shooting Up the Most? Not Where Many Buyers Expect
lucky-photographer/iStockHome prices in Las Vegas are shooting up higher than the hotel and casino towers on the glittering Strip. Prices for single-family homes were up across the nation by about 7%...
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Bargain Buys: The 10 U.S. Cities With the Most Homes Under $100K
iStock; realtor.comWhat does a hundred grand buy you these days? Let’s see … a stripped-down Tesla Model X. A Fabergé egg on eBay. A year of military-trained, 24/7 private security. A year and a half...
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Why the Middle Class Can’t Afford Life in America Anymore
rSnapshotPhotos/ShutterstockAfter spending his days teaching AP American history and economics at the public Live Oak High School in San Jose, Calif., Matt Barry drives for Uber. Barry’s wife, Nicole,...
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America’s 10 Best Big Cities: A Mind-Blowing, Game-Changing Reality Check
istockDewey-eyed dreamers have been drawn to the glitz and the glam of life in the big city for decades. But with the overwhelming number of choices, which are the best large metropolises to live in?...
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The Best Work Perk: Jobs That Pay All (or Most) of Your Rent
damedeeso/iStockAround the country, it’s getting ever harder for the other 99% to pay for housing, as both apartments and home prices just keep going up and up … and up. Where will it end? Even...
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How Much Home Can You Afford in New York City?
realtor.comBefore you start poring over real estate listings, take time for this reality check: How much house can you afford? Here’s how to figure that out. Debt-to-income ratio: It’s about what you...
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Here’s How Many Americans Can’t Afford to Buy a Median-Priced Home
wutwhanfoto/iStockForget affordability—the American dream is now a fairy tale for many would-be home buyers. A median-priced home was out of reach for Americans in 84% of counties in the third quarter...
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10 Cities With the Most Homes Under $200K—You Won’t Believe Where They Are
stevegeer/iStock; realtor.comFinding an affordable home in one of America’s top cities these days can feel like a stressful mishmash of scavenger hunt, Tinder date, and lost footage from “The Hunger...
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What Housing Slowdown? Home Affordability Hits a 10-Year Low
istock/MicroStockHubLately, headlines have been blaring that the housing market is softening. Price acceleration is slowing, more properties are going up for sale, and fewer buyers are duking it out....
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Rents Are Too High: Where Tenants Can Score the Best—and Worst—Deals
peeterv/iStockIt’s always good to kick off a new year with a few age-old questions: What is the meaning of life? Did the chicken or the egg come first? And where can folks find great rental deals? With...
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