A tiny, 115-square-foot apartment in NYC without a bathroom is renting for $1,200, and it shows just how wild the market is right now

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The size and lack of amenities in a NYC studio apartment has Instagram commenters up in arms.

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The key to happiness might be living within walking distance of a coffee shop

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Circus Cooperative Cafe is an employee-owned coffee shop, at 31 Putnam Avenue in Cambridge, MA.
Circus Cooperative Cafe is an employee-owned coffee shop in Cambridge, MA.

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Meet America's newest mega-landlords: Google, Facebook, and Elon Musk

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For rent signs featuring logos for Google, Meta, and Tesla pop up in front of a row of gray two-story houses.
After years of running up against housing shortages, companies like Google, Meta, and Disney are taking matters into their own hands.

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Distressed commercial real estate debt hit $80 billion last quarter, the highest amount in a decade

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There's around $216 billion of potentially distressed commercial real estate properties, according to MSCI Real Assets.

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Rents in Oakland have fallen faster than anywhere else in the US for a simple reason: The city built more housing

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New apartments are constructed as seen from this drone view at the Brooklyn Basin development in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, August 24, 2021.
New apartments are constructed as seen from this drone view at the Brooklyn Basin development in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, August 24, 2021.

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Americans' average rent payments have jumped to $2,047. This chart shows how affordability has evolved in the last decade.

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A sign advertises an apartment for rent along a row of brownstone townhouses in the Fort Greene neighborhood on June 24, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City

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I entered a bidding war to land an apartment. It was way more brutal than I expected.

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A auction gavel hits the top of a New York apartment, sending yellow sparks from its perimeter. Anonymous hands raise numerous prices as they bid on this apartment amid a light blue background
At every step of my apartment hunt, the message was clear: Being first in line may not be enough.

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The Brooklyn landlord everyone hates could soon come to your neighborhood. Tenants warn these private equity groups are raising rent and ignoring maintenance issues.

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Residential apartment buildings are seen on July 26, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
Residential apartment buildings are seen on July 26, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

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The genius plan that could bring down skyrocketing home prices

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If the US wants to build more homes, slow down rent growth, and give more people a place to live, it needs to learn from New Zealand.

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Apartment rents in the US declined in July for the first time since the pandemic began

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A street view of the exterior of a large apartment building with 13 floors and tall trees outside.
The exterior of their apartment block.

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