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The 2020 Outlook for the Housing Market in an Era of Economic Uncertainty
Interest rates have stopped rising after increasing as the Federal Reserve Bank seeks to ward off a recession. In the past, rising interest rates has normally been a predictor of a stagnant housing mark...
Fears of Coronavirus Affect Housing Market
Stories of people fearful of the Coronavirus are falling one on top of the other as panic spreads around the globe. Many restaurants have seen their patronage dwindle significantly, while panic at airports, especially dealing wit...
A First: Tech Companies Work with Governments to Lower Homelessness
Tech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area are typically associated with excessive wealth, greed, innovation, and general unaffordability for most. The lack of affordable housing in the region is relativel...
The Coming Eviction Crisis in the United States Will Be Frightening
The coming months are set for an eviction crisis across many states. Millions of renters are behind on their payments to their landlords and cannot catch up due to their own personal economic conditions. Unt...
REITs Are a Great Way to Invest in the Housing Market
Many people who are investing in the housing market will buy properties in order to flip them. The rate of return can be attractive, but it requires a great deal of work on the part of the investor. In addition, supply ca...
COVID-19 Pandemic and Hurricane Laura Coalesce to Create Housing Crisis
In parts of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, both renters and homeowners are dealing with the aftermath of catastrophic Hurricane Laura. The hurricane made landfall as a category 4 storm, with wind speeds ...
COVID-19 Health Crisis Delivers Surprisingly Good News to Housing Industry
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has upended the entire economic landscape of the world. While it is not a shock that so many businesses have suffered great losses at the hands of the pandemic, it is cert...
Trailer Homes Might Be the Needed Solution for Affordability
Most people have thought of trailer homes as tacky, cheap and unsightly solutions for housing. They have a bad reputation for being unkempt places where only poor people live. However, a few housing experts think t...
In a Wall Street Journal report published on Sunday, February 21, the blue-collar job market is getting stronger. America's blue-collar workers have s...
About Blue-collar Jobs and How They Affect Housing These jobs don't require a lot of years of education. Trade or vocati...