Inside 2 Texas cities where home prices are dropping, sellers are slashing asks, and buyers can get lowball offers accepted

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Homebuyers in Austin and New Braunfels are finding more success as sellers lower their prices.

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Low-income Americans wait years to get housing vouchers that are often impossible to use. Fixing the system could mean more funding and less red tape.

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Apartment buildings on Orchard Street in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City.

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I'm moving out of Texas after 60 years there. The culture has changed and big tech firms have made Austin too expensive.

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Flora Batts and her husband, who are moving to Pennsylvania after becoming fed up with aspects of living in Texas.

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I live in a bunker with no oven or windows, but it's worth it to save $2,000 a month

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Caitlin J. in the doorway of her underground bunker.
Caitlin J. in the doorway of her underground bunker.

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US home prices have soared 47% so far this decade, outpacing all of the growth seen in the 1990s and 2010s

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15 big US cities where you can buy a house even if you make less than $100,000

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Want to sell your home? Get ready for disappointment.

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Gone are the days of throwing up a for-sale sign and waiting for the feeding frenzy to begin. Home sellers are about to get a rude awakening.

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The US needs immigrants to fill jobs, but can't house them. Nowhere makes this more clear than New York City.

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The NYPD 7th Precinct activated a Level 1 for crowd control as a large number of asylum-seekers sought shelter at 185 East 7th Street in Manhattan.
The NYPD 7th Precinct activated a Level 1 for crowd control as a large number of asylum-seekers sought shelter at 185 East 7th Street in Manhattan on Saturday January 6, 2024.

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Soaring insurance costs could finally put a lid on home prices, real estate experts say

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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.

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Inclusionary zoning is designed to boost the production of affordable housing by requiring or incentivizing developers to build a certain number of below-market-rate units.

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