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Past Family Models Help New Home-Buyers Adjust

The housing market in America isn't doing so great, and that bit of information isn't exactly new news. Home prices are higher than they've ever been at any other point in history. No need to adjust for in...

How to Prepare Your Home for an Appraisal

When the real estate market is on the rise, so are home appraisals. Home appraisals are a crucial part of home buying and can determine how much money you get for your house. They are based on several factors, including the condit...

Funding Delay Halts Eco-Friendly Renovation Project for Affordable Housing

A big update was planned to make two apartment buildings in Chicago better for the environment and cheaper for elderly people with less money to live in. These buildings would get things like solar...

Housing Authority Raises Rent During Pandemic

One will hear a lot of messages pour out during a time of crisis like we're currently in. By and large, those messages will be of hope and togetherness. They're often messages about everyone coming together and sharing...

How to Relocate Safely During COVID-19

There is no doubt that COVID-19 has impacted virtually every aspect of human life today. The spiraling effects of this pandemic are gradually creeping into the housing sector. With the government and stakeholders in the health sector re...

COVID-19 Exacerbates Housing Instability in African Americans

In March 2020, COVID-19 was declared by the World Health Organization to be a pandemic. Workplaces started shutting down. Local and state governments curtailed activities and instituted closures of retail, restaur...

Being able to comfortably pay your rent is something that many people strive to achieve. And even before the Covid-19 pandemic, far too many struggled...

What is an Eviction Moratorium To better assist those who have lost their jobs, the federal government has issued an evi...

House Buying Is Soaring in 2021, but Is It Only for the Few and Not the Many?

As we move out of the global pandemic, house buying is on the rise. California is a leading example of where the housing market continues to soar this year. Yet, in this state and elsewhere in the ...

Wall Street Investors Win Big in Housing Market

According to a Business Insider report from earlier this week, Wall Street investment firms are making billions of dollars on Americans' mortgages once again, capitalizing entirely on a struggling housing market that's on the ...