A millennial couple moved from Arizona to China to teach at an international school. The cost of living is much cheaper, though the language barrier is challenging.

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Scott Vleeschouwer and his wife
Scott Vleeschouwer moved from Arizona to China to work at an international school.

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A policy that's supposed to create more affordable housing often backfires, leaving cities with higher home prices and rents. There's a way to fix that.

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View of Long Island City and Manhattan from rooftop, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York.
Inclusionary zoning is designed to boost the production of affordable housing by requiring or incentivizing developers to build a certain number of below-market-rate units.

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The new first rule of home buying: fire your realtor

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A person handing themselves a house and keys
The best part of (briefly) having an agent was realizing just how much I had already figured out on my own.

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Last summer, when I told my then-girlfriend that I had just hired a real-estate agent to help me buy an apartment, her response annoyed me: "Sounds like a scam."

It took an Austin developer 4 years to build 4 small homes that he made no money on as the city struggles to bridge the gap between tiny apartments and pricy houses

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One of four smaller homes built on a single lot (right), adjacent to a 5-bedroom single-family home on a similar lot in Austin, Texas.
A five-bedroom single-family home, left, and one of four smaller homes built on a similar lot in Austin.

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Arizona's Democratic governor squashed an effort to make homes more affordable as Biden travels to the state to promote his housing plans

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An aerial view of new homes under construction at a housing development on June 7, 2023 in Buckeye, Arizona. Buckeye is one of the fastest growing cities in the country and is located on the fringe of the Phoenix metropolitan area.
An aerial view of new homes under construction at a housing development on June 7, 2023 in Buckeye, Arizona.

How the candidates running for Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat say they'll solve California's housing crisis

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Construction workers help build a mixed-use apartment complex which will hold over 700 units of apartment housing and 95,000 square feet of commercial space on January 25, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Construction workers help build a mixed-use apartment complex which will hold over 700 units of apartment housing and 95,000 square feet of commercial space on January 25, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

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A fight over sewage is preventing Long Island from solving its crippling housing crisis

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Aerial view of a mansion in Suffolk County, New York in 2022.
Aerial view of a mansion in Suffolk County, New York in 2022.

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The 10 big US cities with the worst 'singles tax' on renters living alone

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a single woman alone in her apartment

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How millennials could give the suburbs a much-needed makeover

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Modern row houses in the suburbs of Delaware.
Modern row houses in the suburbs of Delaware.

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Single HENRYs are fleeing West Coast cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles for the Sunbelt, study finds

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A home for sale in Austin, Texas, in October, 2023.
A home for sale in Austin, Texas, in October, 2023.

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