The US housing market has ended a 9-month streak of price gains

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A row of houses on a street.
US home prices have ended a nine-month streak of gains.

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Minneapolis is giving people $500 a month and recipients say the no-strings-attached cash is helping them fight soaring housing costs

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Volunteers in Minneapolis load donations for unhoused residents onto trucks in December 2019.
Volunteers in Minneapolis load donations for unhoused residents onto trucks in December 2019.

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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

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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

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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.

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

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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

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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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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

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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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