Some people are leaving Texas because of its unreliable energy grid and frequent power outages

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Austin residents during the 2021 winter storm.

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9 real-estate predictions for 2024, according to young industry leaders

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Real estate's up-and-coming crop of talent foresee innovation and uncertainty for the vast sector in 2024.

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'Shark Tank' investor Barbara Corcoran offers housing market advice as buying conditions ease

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I'm a millennial who wants to experience life, not have my money sit in the bank. So I spent $2.4 million on a vacation home in the Hamptons.

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Emilie Gerber, 34, purchased a $2.4 million Hamptons house this year.

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The 'Home Alone' family would have been one-percenters, Fed economists have calculated

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"Home Alone's" 8-year-old hero, Kevin McCallister, defends his family's home from burglars when they accidentally leave him at home alone over the holidays.

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Rates on the most popular US home loan drop to the lowest in 6 months

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Interest-only mortgages were much more strictly regulated after the financial crisis, but now higher-income borrowers are turning to them as home prices stay high.

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US banks could get slammed with another $160 billion in losses as commercial real estate faces its biggest crash since 2008

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Commercial real estate is under rising pressure from higher interest rates and falling property valuations.

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Mortgage rates could fall below 5% next year, emboldening US consumers and allowing banks to 're-liquify,' Fundstrat's Tom Lee says

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Mortgage rates could fall as low as 4.75% next year, according to Fundstrat's head of research Tom Lee.

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This year's housing market was the least affordable since 2013

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2023 was the least affordable housing market on record, Redfin said.

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Are Airbnb cleaning fees too high? Tell us what you think.

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A cleaner in a short-term rental in Boston in 2018.

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