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Adventures in Housing

Forever homes come in all shapes and sizes — and ages and states of (dis)repair

by Sarah Leeson
May 23, 2023
It will need “a lot of TLC," Candice Sides said about the 19th-century log cabin she bought to be her family's eventual home.
"People think of old houses as haunted and creepy, but when I walk in, I get this warm, comfort feeling," Candice Sides said of her newly purchased cabin, above.
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Flipping homes is more popular than it's been in decades, thanks to the hot housing market

by Kristin Schwab
Jun 28, 2022
But profit margins are shrinking, and the flipping boom may be coming to an end.
Rick Sharga with Attom Data Solutions said he expects to see less house flipping because it's becoming less profitable.
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Adventures in Housing

“We have to do whatever it takes to get this house”

by Maria Hollenhorst
Apr 11, 2022
A story about falling in love with a fixer-upper log cabin in Ohio.
Matt Davison, Shay's husband, works on the wooden house they eventually purchased in 2019.
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