The housing market capped off its worst year of sales since 1995. Here's how affordability, inventory, and demographics have changed in 3 decades.

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The housing market of 2023 differed dramatically from that of 1995.

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America's Zoomtowns are suffering from some nasty growing pains

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America's midsize cities exploded over the past few years. Now residents, new and old, are fighting over housing, traffic, and local culture.

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See inside the biggest modern home in the US, a 105,000-square-foot megamansion in Los Angeles that sold for $126 million to Fashion Nova's billionaire CEO

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The One Bel Air, the biggest modern home in the US, sold in 2022 to Fashion Nova CEO Richard Saghian.

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A millennial left California when rent and cost of living spiked. But she still worries about affording a home.

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Couple walking barefoot on beach with coffee in hand in San Diego, California.
Couple walking barefoot on beach with coffee in hand in San Diego, California.

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Tarek and Heather Rae El Moussa's latest flip sold in less than a week after it was listed for nearly $1 million

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The El Moussas flipped another house.

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A small town in Croatia is selling homes for 15 cents — here's who can apply

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The homes for sale in Legrad, Croatia have various renovation needs.

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There are 3 bullish signals flashing that point to a recovery in the housing market, Compass CEO says

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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

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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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China's rapidly dwindling future will shape the world for decades to come

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2024 is the year of the incredible shrinking China.

Of course Californians are pouring into Texas, the mayor of Dallas said. The state has the 2 things everyone wants.

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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson.

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