The San Jose housing market is so competitive that a house with an 'inactive meth lab' is on the market for $1.55 million

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A street in San Jose, California, lined by houses.
San Jose, California.

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China's troubled property giant Country Garden has reportedly defaulted on a bond payment

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A residential building of Country Garden in Fuyang City, East China's Anhui Province.
A residential building of Country Garden in Fuyang City, East China's Anhui Province.

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Buying a home has become way too complicated

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Among a tangle of jungle plants and vines, a lane of houses appears, with eager real estate agents stand in front of the doorways. And the lane narrows, the horizons depicts the houses fragmenting, a lone orange house surviving in the large expanse of a starry night sky.
Two decades after companies like Zillow and Trulia revolutionized home search, the rest of the process remains pretty much the same.

Investors are repeating a big mistake they made before the 2008 crash and financial crisis, top economist says

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David Rosenberg
David Rosenberg.

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Mortgages will remain sky-high in 2024, pushing existing home sales to a 3-decade low, Goldman Sachs says

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Americans have to pay 52% more to buy a home compared to renting

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Home buyers are backing out of deals at the highest rate in a year as surging mortgage rates slam the housing market

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Rows of suburban homes in Ocala, Florida
Ocala, Florida

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Gen Zers are 'increasingly drawn to simpler living.' Here's where they're moving.

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Badlands National Park is in South Dakota.
Badlands National Park in South Dakota.

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A recession will hit next year, hammering stock prices and home values, Wall Street veteran predicts

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A trader at the CME.
The US economy will slump into recession next year, hitting stocks and house prices, Harley Bassman says.

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Why now is actually a good time to buy a house

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There's an argument to be made that buyers shouldn't wait for rates or prices to drop, and to stay in the market even as affordability looks strained.

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