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An Arkansas county doesn't want families to move. It's offering them up to $50,000 to buy a new home.
Mississippi County, Arkansas is offering new and existing residents up to $50,000 toward their drea…
Allie Kelly
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A Gen Xer relocated from Austin to rural Arkansas thanks to a $16,000 mover incentive that helped pay his mortgage. Now he's enjoying the 'good, hometown living.'
Britt Lorino, 55, relocated to Arkansas after living most of his life in Austin. The county's mover…
Allie Kelly
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Luxury homes soar to 21 per cent market share; Affordable housing declines to 20 per cent in 5 years
In Q1 2024, of approximately 1.30 lakh homes sold across the top 7 cities, luxury homes priced abov…
ANI
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Buying a house gets even more expensive
Home prices have increased for ten months in a row and hit their highest-ever tally for the month t…
Geoff Weiss
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The housing market's inventory crisis is finally easing
"Sellers who were on the fence in 2023 are now listing. They're more used to elevated rates now," s…
Filip De Mott
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The housing shortage is getting no help from aging baby boomers
78% of surveyed baby boomers are not planning to sell their home, citing financial reasons for stay…
Filip De Mott
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Biden's top economist says the key to ending the housing crisis is giving cities and developers monetary incentives to build more affordable homes
Jared Bernsteian, head of the Council of Economic Advisors, said the administration is "very focuse…
Eliza Relman
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My adult kids live at home. Space is tighter and costs are higher, but it might be the best way for them to save enough money to buy a house.
Two of Alex Gonzalez's three children boomeranged to live at home again. It can be challenging, but…
Jordan Pandy
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How the Canadian mortgage model could help unfreeze the housing market
Allowing people to keep cheap mortgage rates when they move home could boost listings and transacti…
Theron Mohamed
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A Texas coastal engineer says a simple home-buying decision saved his house from Hurricane Harvey — and could help other home-owners in flood zones
This year could the worst hurricane seasons in history, experts predict. A coastal engineer shares …
Ellyn Lapointe
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Some workers are choosing housing and student loan benefits over a retirement plan, and it says a lot about America's cost-of-living crisis
Companies and workers are rethinking job benefits, with a growing focus on non-traditional perks li…
Cork Gaines
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Arizona's Democratic governor squashed an effort to make homes more affordable as Biden travels to the state to promote his housing plans
Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have cut away red tape that makes it harder an…
Eliza Relman
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It took an Austin developer 4 years to build 4 small homes that he made no money on as the city struggles to bridge the gap between tiny apartments and pricy houses
Restrictions on medium-density housing in Austin are keeping prices high, as there's not much in be…
Eliza Relman
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How the candidates running for Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat say they'll solve California's housing crisis
Housing affordability and homelessness are two of the top issues on California voters' minds. It co…
Eliza Relman
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She bought a house without using a realtor. Did you?
The vast majority of Americans use a realtor to buy a home — but Diem Nguyen went it alone. It mi…
Jordan Pandy
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The housing market is in for a new 'golden age' of home construction, real estate veteran says
The existing home market, meanwhile, will get even worse as the supply-demand imbalance fails to im…
Jennifer Sor
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I bought a house in Japan for less than $45,000. I live in the peaceful countryside close to every convenience, and everything's cheaper here.
Ned Watson bought an abandoned Japanese home, known as an akiya, in 2019. It's brought him tranquil…
Jordan Pandy
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Texas US Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, the first Black woman to chair the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, dies at 88
Trailblazing US Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a nurse from Texas who helped bring hundreds of million…
Hannah Getahun,Associated Press
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House votes to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, throwing the chamber back into chaos
It's the first time in American history that the House has successfully ousted a speaker via the "m…
Bryan Metzger
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Come on, people: there's never going to be a bipartisan coalition running the House
It would be even harder for Republicans to work with Democrats than continuing to work with the far…