Real estate

Owning their own rehearsal, performance and studio spaces often provides these organizations with a sense of certainty and control.

"I'm not getting any younger. If I'm going to have a dome, I need to get on with it," said Paula Stone of Fredericksburg, Texas.

But suburban owners still want to be close to downtown amenities.

With the goal of living mortgage-free, "I really knew that I would go anywhere and I would live in anything," Kate Mill says.

High interest rates and limited inventory are key factors in restricting affordability.

When Caitlin LaClair and her family moved to Texas and then Massachusetts, they were hit with sticker shock.

Some of the drop is due to high interest rates and economic problems back home. Office buildings continue a slow burn, one expert says.

"This market is just really wacky right now," says Houston-based broker LaTisha Grant.

The ban was supposed to make housing more affordable.

People who sold a median-price home last year made more than $120,000 in profit on a typical sale, according to a new report out today from the property data company ATTOM.