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About nine-in-ten adults under 40 say buying a home is harder than it was for their parents, as rising prices and mortgage ...

Home prices continue to rise, but they’re rising in slightly fewer areas of the country. Data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows that during the third quarter of ...

Inpatient hospital care was primarily controlled by 1 or 2 health systems in nearly half of the metropolitan areas in the US in 2022. Data from 2022 reveal that 1 or 2 health systems were responsible ...

Texas metro areas have led the nation’s 6.6% uptick in metro-area housing units, an Urban Institute analysis found.

The rent may be "too damn high," but in some major cities, it’s actually declining. That’s in line with trends across the country, where median rents are down year-over-year, according to Realtor.com.

The median home price in the U.S is currently $441,738, according to Redfin. That’s up more than $140,000 from prices in May 2020. And some markets are particularly hot right now. Redfin compiled a ...