I bought my first home at 27 thanks to a $20,000 down payment grant. I wish more people knew about these resources.

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Jasmine Austin found a down payment assistance program that helped her purchase her first home while on a teacher's salary.
Jasmine Austin found a down payment assistance program that helped her purchase her first home while on a teacher's salary.

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Photos show what it was like to be a servant during the Gilded Age

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Photos from Gilded Age mansions offer a glimpse into what it was like to live as a servant or staff member during that era.

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A new wave of fraudsters is about to add a huge headache to your next housing hunt

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Jared Decker was on his way to lunch when he received the phone call that kicked off a monthslong real estate nightmare.

Photos show some houses survived Hurricanes Helene and Milton while their neighbors crumbled. Homeowners can learn from them.

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A house lies toppled off its stilts after the passage of Hurricane Milton, in Bradenton Beach on Anna Maria Island, Florida.

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Hallways are disappearing from America's homes

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Many of America's newly built homes have fewer hallways.

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American homes just aren't what they used to be.

Take a look at Kamala Harris' homes over the years, from an LA house worth millions to a DC condo with a rooftop pool

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Kamala Harris (left) and Los Angeles' Brentwood neighborhood (right).
Kamala Harris has lived in Los Angeles' Brentwood neighborhood.

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The era of cookie-cutter homes is over

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In a hot housing market, the social media account 'Zillow Gone Wild' has made unique homes easier to find.

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A millennial who makes 6 figures says she's looking across the US for a home but is struggling to find one in her budget that has green space and a 'metropolitan vibe'

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Madelyn Driver
Madelyn Driver said she and her husband are struggling to find a home in the US that checks all their boxes.

Madelyn Driver

A homeless advocate of 40 years says finding homes for unhoused New Yorkers with vouchers has never been so hard

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Marc Greenberg.
Marc Greenberg, executive director of the Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing.

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New York tech workers make $135,000 on average, but can't afford the vast majority of apartments on the market

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An aerial view of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
New York City's home vacancy rate is just 1.4%, its lowest in over 50 years.

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