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It’s possible to get a $1,500-a-month apartment with over 1,000 square feet in the US, but you may have to load up the moving truck for the South or Midwest.That’s what a new RentCafe analysis of US cities using data from Yardi Matrix showed. The analysis ranked 100 US cities…
Towering skyscrapers, candy-colored public housing apartment blocks, and lush green spaces — Singapore has long been recognized for its meticulous urban planning.The city-state is home to a population of 5.9 million people despite spanning just 284 square miles, and much of the credit for the city’s layout goes to Liu…
By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) – Francisco Carrillo sobbed with relief as he lay on the bed in his new apartment in Madrid provided by a charity after three years of sleeping rough in the backroom of a theatre. The 62-year-old pensioner found he couldn’t afford rental prices in the…
If you’ve got millions in the bank and you want to spend them slowly, don’t move to Singapore.The Asian city-state is the most expensive major global city for high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) to live in, according to a new report.Shanghai has dropped down the rankings from last year, falling from second…
News of the housing crises, worker exoduses, and budget slashing tells a tale of the slow decline of US cities.However, according to the latest Global Cities Index from research group Oxford Economics, six US cities are still the leading “engines of the global economy.”New York, Los Angeles, San Jose, Seattle,…
After years of sellers calling the shots in the real-estate market, the balance may finally be tipping towards homebuyers in some US cities.Since 2022, high mortgage rates and expensive home prices have created a potent cocktail of unaffordability, sidelining many would-be buyers in some of the country’s most popular cities.But…
Some hosts and managers have scaled up, scooping up multiple dwellings to create mini-hospitality empires.Analytics site AirDNA tallied the locations across the US that are dominated by these “professional hosts,” a designation it gives to any host ID on Airbnb and Vrbo with more than 20 listings.In the 15 US…
Realtor.com identified 15 large US cities with the lowest incomes needed to afford a home.Some of the most affordable cities for homebuyers who earn less are in the South and Midwest.Pittsburgh, where a $67,000 income comfortably buys a typical $250,000 home, tops the list. We’re more than four months into…
By Doyinsola OladipoNEW YORK (Reuters) – Unionized hotel workers demanding significant pay raises will rally on May Day in 18 U.S. and Canadian cities, as talks are beginning with operators Marriott International (NASDAQ:), Hilton Worldwide Holdings (NYSE:) and Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:) Corp.Talks will cover about 40,000 workers who look to…
The economy is heading South in the best possible way.The Rockies and coastal Southeast are seeing a major boon in economic prosperity, with affordable housing and well-paying jobs becoming more abundant. And the South has emerged as a major hub of the American economy, with population growth booming.Now, new data…
