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Are Rents Affordable in Any Big Cities? Landlords are certainly happy that rents have increased in most major American housing markets. The problem is that many cities that were considered fairly affordable before are heading towards an affordable housing problem. This problem isn’t just in traditionally expensive cities like NYC and San Francisco, but it’s expanding to cities like Dallas
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What to Fix Before You Sell? Prospective home sellers tend to believe some myths about what they need to fix in their home before they can put it on the market. Certainly, any experienced real estate agent will advise clients to present their home in as positive as way as possible in order to sell them faster or get a
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What’s Behind the Spike in Home Rentals in the USA? It’s still fair to say that average American renters are younger and earn less money than average homeowners. With that said, the growth in high-income rental households has exceeded the growth in rentals by people with lower incomes over the last decade, according to a report from Harvard’s Housing Study.
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It’s a fact that many parts of the U.S. are experiencing an affordable housing crisis. For most people, housing is one of the largest fixed expenses. When you think about the cost of housing, you can’t just consider your mortgage or rent. You must also add up the price for insurance and utilities and in some cases, property taxes and
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