Two professors at The University of Texas at Arlington have found that U.S. housing prices have grown more persistently since the mid-1990s, especially in the Midwest and South. They link this steady incline primarily to ...
Economics & Business
Jul 30, 2024
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Carol Camp Yeakey, the Marshall S. Snow Professor of Arts & Sciences and founding director of Washington University in St. Louis's Center on Urban Research & Public Policy, is leading a two-year national study to examine ...
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2024
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Co-locating homes on single suburban allotments to create smaller and more socially connected living options could help address the nation's housing crisis, according to a University of South Australia researcher.
Social Sciences
Feb 5, 2024
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Soaring rents and home prices, increasing mortgage stress, record immigration and a growing population are fueling a housing crisis and increasing homelessness. In the face of this pressing need, tiny houses offer an alternative ...
Economics & Business
Dec 8, 2023
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Many of us were anxious and fearful during the COVID pandemic, but we've probably started to feel a lot better since lockdowns have stopped and life looks more like it did previously.
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2023
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In the years since the Great Recession, when housing prices dramatically fell, Wall Street investors have been buying large numbers of single-family homes to use as rentals. As of 2022, big investment firms owned nearly 600,000 ...
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2023
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As the Bank of Canada prepared to announce its decision on interest rates in early September, Tiff Macklem, the bank's governor, received imploring letters from premiers spanning both the country and the political spectrum.
Economics & Business
Sep 29, 2023
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Ohio residents who vote against tax renewals for parks and recreation spending could be costing themselves a significant amount of wealth in the form of their homes' value, a University of Cincinnati economist found.
Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2023
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The average asking price for a rental unit in Canada reached $2,042 in June, marking a 7.5 percent increase from 2022. Metropolitan districts are particularly affected by rising rental costs, with some local families forced ...
Economics & Business
Aug 14, 2023
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First home buyers (FHBs) in New South Wales (NSW) are finding it more challenging to get into home ownership, and government intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic may be partly to blame.
Economics & Business
May 26, 2023
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