It's almost impossible for first-time buyers to afford a home, top analyst says

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Mark Zandi of Moody's
Mark Zandi is chief economist of Moody's Analytics.

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A conservative fix for the housing crisis is making homes cheaper and more abundant in Texas

Tech Insider : Economy
Townhouses and homes in Houston's Montrose neighborhood Monday, March 28, 2016, in Houston.
Newer townhouses next to older homes in Houston's Montrose neighborhood in Houston in 2016.

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It's not just you: It's getting harder and harder to find cheap rent across the US

Tech Insider : Economy
A for rent sign advertising a row house in northeast Capitol Hill, is pictured on Monday, August 26, 2019, in Washington D.C.
A for rent sign advertising a row house in northeast Capitol Hill, is pictured on Monday, August 26, 2019, in Washington D.C.

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Why Japan has more than 8 million cheap abandoned houses that people are renovating into dream homes

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A street in Okawachiyama, Saga Prefecture, Japan.
An akiya is in the rural village of Okawachiyama, in Saga Prefecture, Japan.

Makoto Watanabe

Empty-nest baby boomers won't give up their large homes — and it's hurting millennials with kids

Tech Insider : Economy
Development of single-family homes in Burke, Virginia.
Development of single-family homes in Burke, Virginia.

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People are using cash transfers like basic income to pay rent, and it shows just how badly a housing-crisis solution is needed

Tech Insider : Economy
An 'Apartments for Rent' sign hangs in front of a building on December 06, 2022 in Miami Beach, Florida.
An 'Apartments for Rent' sign hangs in front of a building on December 06, 2022 in Miami Beach, Florida.

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A housing expert who nailed the prediction for 2023 says home prices to jump 7% this year

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A single family home is shown for sale in Encinitas, California May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Single family home is shown for sale in Encinitas

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Homes made in factories were supposed to save us from the housing crisis, but the companies that make them are failing

Tech Insider : Economy
A crane taking four 15-foot-wide by 60-foot-long modular home segments and stacking them on one on top of the other to make a new duplex in Aurora, Colorado.
A crane taking four 15-foot-wide by 60-foot-long modular home segments and stacking them one on top of the other to make a new duplex in Aurora, Colorado.

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A millennial couple who moved from Baltimore to Florida explain why they bought a $65,000 mobile home as their starter house

Tech Insider : Economy
Jess Carpenter with her husband, Christian, and baby, Heath, outside their mobile home in Sarasota, Florida.
Jess Carpenter with her husband, Christian, and baby, Heath, outside their mobile home in Sarasota, Florida.

Courtesy of Jess Carpenter

Student-loan borrowers are taking on more debt, and it's not all tuition — blame skyrocketing housing costs

Tech Insider : Economy
People walk by Sather Tower on the UC Berkeley campus on March 14, 2022 in Berkeley, California.
People walk by Sather Tower on the UC Berkeley campus on March 14, 2022 in Berkeley, California.

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