Homebuyers in Santa Fe shelling out more than $1 million will have to pay a new 'mansion tax'

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Shops, bars and restaurants in adobe Pueblo Revival style in the main street of Santa Fe, capital city of New Mexico.
Shops, bars and restaurants in adobe Pueblo Revival style in the main street of Santa Fe, capital city of New Mexico.

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The best evidence yet that banning Airbnbs will make rent go down

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The Airbnb logo transforms into simple line drawing of a house with two windows and a front door
A new study found that an Airbnb ban in Irvine, California lead to rent price decreases.

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Renters 'almost instantaneously' claimed these 200-square-foot duplex tiny homes on wheels near Tampa for $1,300 a month — see inside the units

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tiny homes in Escape Homes' Escape Tampa Bay
Escape Homes has built what it says is the first fully electric duplex tiny home in the US.

Escape Homes' Escape Tampa Bay

An Airbnb host whose SF duplex was flooded by a guest says she only got enough compensation to 'make a difference' after posting on X

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Mission District
San Francisco's Mission District. Erika Gemzer says her home in the area was flooded by Airbnb guests.

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A popular tiny-home community near Tampa just added rentals under 400 square feet starting at $1,300 a month — take a look around

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Escape Homes' Escape Tampa Bay and the inside of a unit
The new Palm Court extension of Escape Tampa Bay, Escape Home's neighborhood of tiny homes, includes six new rentals.

Escape Homes' Escape Tampa Bay

Owning a home is within reach in these 10 cities, where buyers need less cash to achieve the American Dream

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Overview of Mobile, Alabama.
Mobile, Alabama.

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A Silicon Valley billionaire is leasing a 2-acre plot of private land for $1 a year to help address the Bay Area's housing crisis

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Aerial shot of San Jose, California
San Jose, California.

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This chart shows how housing affordability has plunged across the US

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Home affordability has plunged in the US
Home affordability has plunged in the US since 2019

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Three Californians got $40,000 to build ADUs in their backyards. They share how it's made their lives better and easier.

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one of the ADU grant recipents, Jakota Rivas, in front of her ADU.
Jakota Rivas, right, in front of her ADU in Napa, California. She received a $40,000 state grant. Ryan O'Connell, left, is founder of How to ADU, a ADU advocacy company.

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The paradox of the American West: plenty of open land, but nowhere to build new homes

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A conveyer belt full of houses crashes into a mountain in the West.
The cost of housing in Western states is soaring. But the simple solution — build more houses — is proving difficult.

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Western states have plenty of wide open land. So why can't they build more homes?

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