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The most and least affordable metro areas for renters in 2024
Is rent the answer to the homeownership crisis?
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Ranking 'starter home' affordability in the U.S. and 25 other countries
American homebuyers have more options than they think
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These are the "worst" financial apps for your privacy
Do you trust financial apps to handle your personal data?
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The true cost of renting vs. owning a home in each U.S. metro in 2024
The most comprehensive rent-vs-buy cost comparison by metro
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Can America’s middle class still afford homeownership in 2024?
A tale of two Americas
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The most and least 'house poor' states ranked (2024)
1 in 3 American households are considered to be house poor. But how do they break down by state?
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Here's the income it takes to meet basic needs in each U.S. metro
What we've discovered puts America's affordability crisis in a whole new perspective
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The fastest- and slowest-selling housing markets in September 2024
The median listing duration increased in 99% of metros over the past year
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Millennials have to work twice as much to pay off college as Boomers did—but there's a catch
Did Boomers really have it much easier than Millennials?
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Nearly two-thirds of Americans can’t afford the construction costs of an average home
What we discovered puts America’s housing affordability crisis in a whole new perspective
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The fastest- and slowest-selling housing markets in Q1 2024
The housing market is cooling off across the board
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Mortgage affordability is the worst since 1981 when mortgage rates hit 18%
Financing a home used to be a staple of the American Dream. Not anymore...
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Best and worst metro areas for first-time buyers in 2024
Investor Observer looked at America’s 50 largest metro areas to uncover housing markets that are still attractive for first-time buyers
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Red states receive the lion’s share of Biden’s climate change funding
That’s despite the fact that 82% of Republicans oppose Biden’s climate policies
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Christmas dinner will cost 4.8% more than last year—but there’s good news for non-meat eaters
When it comes to the cost of Christmas dinner, there’s good and bad news.
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Locked out of homeownership: Younger generations bear the brunt of high mortgage rates
Nearly two-thirds (64.5%) of U.S. mortgages have rates below 4%, roughly half the current 30-year fixed rate.
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These cities have the highest share of unaffordable neighborhoods in 2024
Some of them are 100% out of reach for the average family
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History shows that falling mortgage rates make housing less, not more, affordable
If history is any indication, homebuyers should be careful what they wish for
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