'There's a reckoning happening': An underrated risk will crater property values in high-risk markets by up to 60%

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Flood insurance will skyrocket due to climate change, a famed researcher warns.

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The surefire way to make America's apartments bigger, brighter, and cheaper

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A 19-year-old real-estate agent has found an ingenious new way to sell homes and make money

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Trenton Miller, 19, found unexpected virality with his humorous "speed tours" on TikTok.

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Warren Buffett paid just $31,500 for his home of nearly 70 years. Read his 8 best quotes about buying a house.

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Warren Buffett.

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Small apartments are in, and it's causing rents in new buildings to drop

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A studio apartment in Denver, Colorado.
A studio apartment in Denver, Colorado.

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I got paid $10,000 to move to Tulsa. My mortgage for a whole house is about what I used to pay to rent one room.

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Jasmine Bell got paid $10,000 to move from Los Angeles to Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Canada's bold plan to make housing more affordable is showing signs of working — and could be a model for the US

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The exterior of a multiplex with two townhouses and a basement suite in Toronto.

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America has a serious ugly home problem

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The nagging discontent with the aesthetic of new homes reveals big problems with how they're built — and even larger flaws in the American dream itself.

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The average household would need to save for 36 years to afford a typical home in LA. Here's how 50 US markets compare.

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Many potential homeowners struggle to make down payments.

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Biden and Trump have wildly different approaches to bringing home prices and rents down

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Donald Trump and Joe Biden

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