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Home buyers navigate sluggish housing market
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Sales of new and existing homes haven't been this slow for years, so what's a buyer to do?
10 years after the Lehman collapse, homeownership barriers spur new rental options
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Property developers around the world are capitalizing on "Generation Rent."
Freddie Mac CEO: "The mortgage system is very safe and sound"
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Donald Layton on the U.S. housing market 10 years after the financial crisis.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, 10 years after the bailout
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Why are the mortgage giants still under government control?
Snapchat creators leave a mark on LA real estate
During its rapid expansion in the seaside community of Venice, California, Snap Inc. rented out dozens of properties, driving up the price of commercial real estate in the artsy enclave.
Labor shortages and high cost of materials depress homebuilding, industry says
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Builders are looking into long-term solutions.
How a red-hot housing market made Zillow a media company
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CEO Spencer Rascoff talks surviving the recession to end up in a booming housing market.
As the housing market heats up, so does competition among realtors
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With fewer homes to sell, realtors say they need to look for new ways to find business
National homeowernship rises, but not in some major cities
While new data show the rate of homeowners has risen around the nation — the highest jump since 2004 — that boost hasn’t been felt in cities where the market is particularly tight. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
African-Americans are leaving Chicago for a better quality of life in neighboring Indiana
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Issues with schools, a stagnant job market and affordability have driven 12,000 blacks from Cook County in the last year.

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