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Here's how natural disasters are shaping the buy-versus-rent decision in vulnerable states like Florida
Homeowners in high-risk states face rising insurance costs, while renters get significantly less po…
Kelly Cloonan
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Get ready for a dockworker strike that could disrupt everything from medicine to holiday gifts
An October strike on shipping docks along the East and Gulf Coasts could cause delays in nearly eve…
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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We rented our house on Airbnb for 15 years. It was so much work that we had to stop.
I started renting my home in 2007 before Airbnb existed. It's not passive, and I eventually sold th…
Dana McMahan
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He won the NYC housing lottery after applying more than 60 times. Now, he pays $2,300 in rent for his Brooklyn apartment.
Competition for the New York affordable-housing lottery is stiff: There are about 450 applications …
Amanda Goh
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Recession will strike this year with 21 states flashing red already, top economist says
When unemployment jumps in nearly half of US states, a recession almost always follows, Piper Sandl…
Theron Mohamed
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A policy that's supposed to create more affordable housing often backfires, leaving cities with higher home prices and rents. There's a way to fix that.
Inclusionary zoning is often so expensive that developers build less housing overall. Making it vol…
Eliza Relman
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The best evidence yet that banning Airbnbs will make rent go down
When one California city banned Airbnbs, monthly rents plunged $114 on average. It's clear: Banning…
Katya Schwenk
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Delhi, Mumbai & Bengaluru — Asia-Pacific’s most expensive property markets, set to get pricier
Three Indian cities — Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru — are among the most expensive commercial real es…
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A California homeowner fixed up her converted garage and rents it on Airbnb. It now pays for her mortgage.
A California homeowner explains how she converted a garage into a rental apartment. Now her Airbnb …
Eliza Relman
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'Magnificent 7' mania is like the dot-com bubble, setting up stocks to slump and recession to strike by summer, veteran wealth advisor says
The S&P 500 is dangerously concentrated, and American consumers will soon falter in the face of inf…
Theron Mohamed
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9 ways to renegotiate your rent to a lower price, according to experts
Some tenants are choosing to rent strike or to not pay their rent until they are in a position to d…
Erin McDowell
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Wonder why your rent is so high? Because everyone has decided they want to live alone.
Rents in big cities remain shockingly high despite a pandemic exodus. New research suggests one key…
James Rodriguez
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California is considering offering unemployment to workers on strike as the Hollywood writers walkout approaches its 4th month
California saw 14 major strikes by labor unions in July, including 160,000 workers belonging to SAG…
Katie Hawkinson
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Tenants in the US are planning the largest rent strike in decades as the coronavirus cuts off more than 30 million people from their incomes
"We need our rent canceled," said Vanessas Bulnes, a renter and organizer in Oakland, California. "…
Isaac Scher
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San Francisco renters are unionizing against Big Landlords as frustration over rent prices and alleged harassment reaches a boiling point
The city introduced a law mandating that landlords engage with renters organizing for cheaper rent …
Jason Lalljee
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A father-son duo built 2 vacation homes on a remote Australian island that rent for $6,200 a night — and Chris Hemsworth was their first guest
In 1999, Michael Maxwell purchased property on Lord Howe Island, where he used to vacation as a kid…
Claire Turrell
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People are shocked to discover a stunning Philadelphia apartment is being rented out for only $2,765 a month
The TikToker gave a tour of her very spacious apartment to try to rent it out. Viewers thought it c…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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Everywhere you look America's housing crisis is getting worse
Home prices soared in June at the fastest rate since 1979, CoreLogic said. Renters didn't fare any …
Ben Winck
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Kroger workers experienced hunger, homelessness, and couldn't pay their rent in 2021. Its CEO made $22 million the previous year.
The median worker pay at Kroger was $24,617 in 2021, researchers found, meaning the CEO made 909 ti…
Jason Lalljee
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Landlords aren't just lowering rents they're handing out perks like gift cards and free parking
Desperate for new tenants, landlords aren't just lowering rents — they're handing out perks l…