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Demographics, prices are keeping Americans where they are

by Samantha Fields
Dec 12, 2024
We're not relocating like we used to, thanks largely to the graying of the population, high home prices and remote work.
One reason relocation rates hit a record low in 2023: an aging population. Older adults are more likely to stay put than young people.
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Number of Americans moving homes hits lowest level in 73 years

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 16, 2020
Migration patterns could change in a work-from-home world brought on by the pandemic.
A pedestrian walks by a building advertising an apartment for rent on Sept. 1, 2020, in San Francisco, California.
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Why millennials are obsessed with real estate platforms

by Andie Corban and Amy Scott
Feb 17, 2020
With homeownership out of reach for many young people, journalist Angela Lashbrook called Zillow "a place we can imagine ourselves in a new reality."
A woman looking at real estate listings in 2017.
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Housing costs force young Californians to live with their parents

by Matt Levin
Oct 11, 2019
Adults still live with their parents a decade after the Great Recession.
In California, some 37% of adults age 18 to 34 are living with at least one parent. Above, a suburban neighborhood in Highland, California.
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For renters, this economy and housing market are a mixed bag

by Erika Beras
Sep 18, 2019
Economic uncertainty leaves some people content to rent. Others? Not so much.
A for rent sign is seen on a building Hollywood, California in 2016.
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Tenants to get more eviction protections under California measure

by Erika Beras
Sep 13, 2019
In some cases, it would require landlords to pay up to one month’s rent for tenants to relocate.
An eviction notice posted on the front door of a foreclosed property in Jupiter, Florida.
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Who are the super-renters?

by Liz Sanchez and Kai Ryssdal
Jun 12, 2019
Meet the "super renters." People in their 20s and 30s who want access to nice stuff without having to buy or own that stuff.
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Why renting is up and homeownership is down in "affordable" Cleveland

by Adrian Ma
Jan 3, 2019
The rise of renting in Cleveland offers a glimpse into the region's economy.
A view of downtown Cleveland, Ohio.
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Divided Decade: How the financial crisis changed housing

by Tommy Andres
Dec 17, 2018
Ten years ago the economy broke and changed the way we live.
There are now more renters than homeowners in almost half of major U.S. cities, according to census data from 2006 through 2016. Above, a residential area near Pittsburgh in 2010.
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The rise of renters

by Amy Scott
Oct 16, 2018
We spoke to renters in Denver, Colorado, about the financial barriers to homeownership.
A sign advertising apartments for rent is displayed in front of an apartment complex July 8, 2009 in San Francisco, Calif.
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