Tag Archives: Economy
10 years after the financial crisis, is the housing market still...
Source: Curbed The economy is booming. The stock market regularly hits new all-time highs. Unemployment is at record lows. Aside from a small recent downturn, the housing market is as hot as ever. In many ways, the world has moved on...
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Want to live in a California city where your salary goes...
Source: The Sacreamento Bee Not only is Sacramento’s cost of living lower than in many other metropolitan areas in California, but its strong job market makes the region a top destination for people looking to move. A new report by...
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Key California housing bills enter the home stretch
Source: The Mercury News As Californians reel from sky-high rents and home prices fueled by the economic boom, state lawmakers return Monday from their summer recess to debate proposals attacking the housing crisis. In the feverish final...
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Nightmare 90-minute ‘super commutes’ more common as Bay Area housing shortage...
Source: Housing Wire The Stockton region now leads the nation in its share of commuters who spend 90 minutes or more getting to work, according to a study released Wednesday by Apartment List. Ten percent of the region’s commuters made...
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Rent control measure on its way to California ballot
Source: The Sacramento Bee California voters this year will likely decide whether cities across the state should have more power to enact stronger rent control. Rent control proponents behind a proposed November ballot initiative that...
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Why buying a house today is so much harder than in...
Source: Curbed In 2016, millennials made up 32 percent of the homebuying market, the lowest percentage of young adults to achieve that milestone since 1987. Nearly two-thirds of renters say they can’t afford a home. Even worse, the...
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Number of multigenerational households hit all-time highs
Source: Housing Wire The share of Americans living in multigenerational households, homes with two or more adult generations, hit an all-time high in 2016, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data from the Pew Research...
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