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Keller Williams gets into the house-flipping business

by Amy Scott
Apr 23, 2019
The brokerage takes on tech disruptors Zillow and Opendoor with instant offers on homes.
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Home building remains stuck in the mud

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 19, 2019
Last month's flooding did not help matters.
Construction workers are seen outside a new house being built in Monterey Park, California on March 19, 2019. - The Los Angeles metro area is one of the worst areas in the country for first-time home buyers, according to a study released by Bankrate.com, which analyzed the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the country with Los Angeles finishing behind San Francisco as the worst for first-time home buyers. 
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Sometimes you can go home again

by Amy Scott
Apr 17, 2019
Our housing reporter revisits her childhood home 30 years later and discovers just how much homeownership has changed — and stayed the same.
Amy Scott in her old room.
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Making sense of housing market data

by Amy Scott
Mar 8, 2019
It's more straightforward than it seems.
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What to know before you check your Zestimate (again)

by Amy Scott
Feb 11, 2019
It's tempting to track home values like the stock market. But how accurate are those online estimates?
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Help, I'm stuck in my starter home!

by Amy Scott
Dec 3, 2018
And that makes it harder for everyone to move up the housing ladder.
Nguyen Do, 38, in front of the house he thought would be his "starter home," in Vienna, Virginia.
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In a slowing market, selling a house isn't easy

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Nov 27, 2018
Prices are still going up, but slower than they have in almost two years, leaving realtors managing seller expectations.
 A 'For Sale' sign sits in front of a new home May 27, 2004 in Miami, Florida. 
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Home Depot still doing well despite cooling housing market

by Amy Scott
Nov 13, 2018
Despite signs of a cooling housing market, the home improvement giant turned in a $2.9 billion profit for the third quarter.
A sign is posted in front of a Home Depot store on Aug. 14, 2018 in El Cerrito, California.
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What will Amazon HQ2 mean for rents in Long Island City?

by Marielle Segarra
Nov 13, 2018
Residents fear the area will become unaffordable.
A view of the waterfront of Long Island City in the Queens borough of New York, along the East River.
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Home buyers navigate sluggish housing market

by Justin Ho
Oct 24, 2018
Sales of new and existing homes haven't been this slow for years, so what's a buyer to do?
 A 'For Sale' sign sits in front of a new home May 27, 2004 in Miami, Florida. 
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