'Thrown to the wolves': How private investors are jacking up rents and ripping off college students

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
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Business is booming for investors in college housing, who poured $22.9 billion into the industry last year. But for students, the picture is more fraught.

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Meet the pro-housing agitators who are fighting to bring down home prices — and winning

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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YIMBYs want to solve America's housing crisis by making it easier to build homes — and they're starting to notch key wins in big cities.

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Inside the fight to build more housing and bring down home prices

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As Hawaii mourns its dead, 'disaster vultures' are swooping in to make a quick buck

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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Disaster vultures are investors who take advantage of people who lost their homes to natural disasters in order to turn a profit.

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As Hawaii mourns its dead, investors are swooping in to make a quick buck

The looming crisis that's going to crush homeowners from coast to coast

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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As the risk of wildfires and storms grows, owning a home is getting riskier — and it's showing up in the insurance market.

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Cinda Larimer was delivering newspapers on a cool November morning in Paradise, California, when she noticed something softly float down from the sky: ash.

Wall Street is declaring victory too early — the US is still headed for a recession

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
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Wall Street and top economists are declaring an "all clear" on the US economy — but some experts warn that a recession is still on the way.

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