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Millennials are helping to strengthen the home market

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 30, 2017
Sales jumped more than 5 percent last month.
Everything from worker shortage to material prices have forced builders to adapt.
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As tech workers stay in Pittsburgh, neighborhoods watch prices climb

by Erika Beras
Mar 29, 2017
'Black homes matter' for one person who's seen some residents move to cheaper areas.
After Google moved into this Pittsburgh office, luxury apartment building started going up, making the area unaffordable for some who had lived there for years.
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Existing home sales likely to show a drop in February, economists say

by Aaron Schrank
Mar 22, 2017
Existing home sales numbers for February are out today. January sales increased 3.3 percent to a 10-year high, but economists anticipate a dip for February, although that’s still up from last year. One factor: an improving job market.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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The spring home-buying season could use more homes

by Aaron Schrank
Mar 20, 2017
Builders are building, but too may owners are staying put.
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Affordable housing advocates lament reports of HUD budget axe

by Annie Baxter
Mar 9, 2017
City and state agencies that provide vouchers and housing subsidies for low-income residents could be hit hard by proposed deep cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to the Washington Post. It reports documents it obtained show $6 billion in cuts to the agency in the Trump administration’s budget outline. About $1.3 […]
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Seattle plans to use bond funding to pay for more affordable housing units

by Marketplace Contributor
Jan 9, 2017
The city is looking at a few different ways to add more housing.
A tent under Interstate 5 in downtown Seattle, where homeless people seek shelter, a block away from City Hall.
Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
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Evictions on the rise as renters struggle

by Adam Allington
Dec 12, 2016
A new study from real estate company Redfin shows three million families are evicted annually.
Cinderblocks wall off the door and windows of a burned and abandoned rowhouse across the street from First Mt Calvary Baptist Church, in the Winchester-Sandtown neighborhood June 15, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. 
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Renters facing affordability crisis as wages stagnate

by Adam Allington
Dec 12, 2016
Evictions are on the rise as renters pay increasing share of income for housing.
A view of historic homes on Logan Circle in Washington, D.C.
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Short-term rentals are reshaping real estate market in some cities

by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 20, 2016
Some critics say popularity of Airbnb and other short-term rentals is discouraging investment in affordable housing.
The McMillin Court in Nashville, Tennessee, is now home to 16 short-term rental units that are booked through websites like Airbnb and VRBO. It had been apartments. The conversion has housing advocates worried about losing more affordable units. 
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The high cost of constructing affordable housing

by Molly Wood
Aug 19, 2016
Developers don't make money on them, so they aren't getting built.
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