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Top 10 affordable small towns where you’d actually lov𓂃e to live  🥀

 The cost of living is up, prompting a growing number of Americans to flee big cities and opt for small-town🅺 life instead💞.

Fed interest rate cut might be a great incentive for buy🌠ers looking for new homes

Here’s more on the state of new construction today,𝓀 plus how homebuyers can save a bundle on a brand-new home.

These 10 cities will be the biggest winners f🌸ollowing the Federal rate cuts 🦄

✱ After y𒅌ears of sky-high mortgage rates, the Federal Reserve finally cut rates on Wednesday at its policy meeting. 

Boomers own 38% of America’s homes—but more than 🌜𓃲half never plan to sell

 Among boomers who own homes, 54% say they never plan to sell the house they live in, accordin📖g to a poll from Clever Real Estate.

Homeo⛎wners in this state feeling the pa💫in of skyrocketing insurance premiums

Rising home insurance prices arღe a𓃲ffecting homeowners across the country, but some states are feeling the pain more than others.

The top 10 cities where homes are selling🌃 for well over the ♋asking price — some up to $200K

“The typical U.S. home has sold for less than asking since August 2022,” says Jones. “In the first half of 2024, the typical U.S. home sold f𒀰or 1.9% below asking...

Buying a murder house could saveꦚ you a bundle—🌌if you can handle the terror

While some folks wouldn’t dare set foot on a property where a murder took place🐠, others would be happy to call it their forever home—and even pay a premium.

💜 Inheriting a home with your siblings? Here’s all th💛at can go wrong

If you and your siblings are♋ on track💦 to one day inherit your parents’ home, take heed of this cautionary tale.

🎃 This city claimed the title of the hottest𒅌 housing market in the US — for the 29th time

 The North🌄east and Midwest are the only two regions represented in the top 20 of the Realtor.com Hottest Housing Markets list for the 11th month in a row.

A home insurance drone spied on my house, then my premium was hi♊ked -- could your policy be at risk too?

According to Mike Arman’s broker, the inℱsurer had taken an aerial image of Arman’s roof and 🌠decided it “looked deteriorated.”

Buyers can snap up a home for $400 in this shrinking Southern city — but there's a catch

🌄 In Pine Bluff, just 45 miles outside of Little Rock, a▨ home was recently sold for $402.74 at a tax auction.

Iဣ pay $2,100 a month in rent to live with 23 roommates and share a bathroom in NYC—here’s what it’s like

The Sri Lanka native, wh♉o moved to New York from Lon🍎don in 2022, shares his home in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, with more than two dozen people as part of a shared living space... 

 How putting political signs and flags on your ya🦂rd could backfire with HOA, neighbors and more

With a high-stakes presidential election less than thre🏅e months away, voters are expressing their enthusiasm for Team Trump or Team Harris with political signs and flags in their frꦐont yards.

🅠 The best boroughs ಌto live in NYC — based on your salary

Renౠting in some areas of the city is much more cost-effective than in others. We crunched the numbers to pinpoint the Big Apple’s biggest bargains.

How Kamala Harris' plan to give first-time homeowners $25K could backfire

Several eco🌳nomists cautioned that Kamala Harris’ plan could backfire by stoking demand in an already hot housing market, driving home prices even h𝓡igher.

🎃 SINK (Single Income No Kids) women are buying homes in droves—here’s how much you need to buy a home on your own

Without having to spend cash on kids, child care, or college funds, SINKs have more expendable income to put toward things like a house—♈an advantage that definitely comes in handy...

Retirees explain why they're fleeing Florida: 'It’s all strip malls'

“The storms are getting worse and worse, and people are in denial if they don’t want to see that,” she says.♊ 🦋

7 New Jersey cities just as walkable as Man🙈hattan — but at a lower price

Walkability isn’t confined only to the Big Apple. Across the Hudson River, several New Jersey cities⛦ offer comparable levels of walkability but at a fraction of the cost.

My experience living in America’s first car-free community: Here's why it could catch on

Just💟 15 miles from downtown Phoenix, AZ, Cuᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚldesac is billed as the first car-free community built “from scratch” in the U.S.

Home sales in these cities could be hꩵit by stock mark🍷et turbulence before anywhere else 

While many experts say there’s no need to panic yet sinc💙e the overall economy is in good shape, some wonder: Might these stock market tremors have an impact on America’s... 🦹