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New York ranked last among all 50 states and Washington, D.C., in @realtordotcom's 2026 Housing Report Card, earning an F grade and a score of just 8.5 out of 100 due to sluggish construction and housing costs that consume more than 55% of the median household income. Five other coastal states also failed, including Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Hawaii, California, and Connecticut, all struggling with restrictive zoning, scarce land, and high construction costs.

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A tiny one-bedroom home in Bogota, NJ, is asking $499,000, and experts say the price is less about the property itself and more about its Bergen County address and 30-minute bus ride to midtown Manhattan.

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A 2024 Federal Reserve paper found that millennials at ages 36 to 40 had a real median household income 18% higher than the previous generation at comparable ages. But many are still struggling to build wealth, with delayed homeownership, student loan debt, and rising costs eating into those gains.

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The Obama Presidential Center opened to the public in Chicago's Jackson Park neighborhood on Juneteenth, bringing a four-building, $850 million complex to the South Side that documents Barack Obama's presidency through exhibits, interactive media, and a rooftop observation tower with sweeping city views. The museum's nearly windowless granite tower has drawn sharp criticism, with some comparing it to a mausoleum or prison, while architects and supporters have praised its bold, monumental scale and choice of materials.

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A 14-acre Colorado compound near Buena Vista with nine livable structures, 2,500 feet of Arkansas River frontage, and Gold Medal trout fishing is asking $8.5 million after 50 years in the same family.

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Elisha Cuthbert has opened up about stepping away from Hollywood to raise her two children, saying she has no regrets about the hiatus as she makes her return to acting with the new Prime Video series "Every Year After."

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The Long Island home where serial killer Joel Rifkin murdered multiple women in the early 1990s has been cut to $780,000, its second price reduction since hitting the market in April.

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Mismatched kitchen appliances are a common buyer turnoff that can lead to lower offers and longer days on market, and real estate agents say a matching appliance set costing $2,500 to $5,000 is almost always cheaper than the concessions buyers will demand.

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Lindsay Lohan has shared a rare glimpse of her family life in Dubai, where she has lived for 12 years to escape the scrutiny of Hollywood and where it is illegal to photograph someone in public without their consent.

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Hayden Panettiere's childhood home in Palisades, NY, has been relisted for $3.6 million, weeks after the actress released a memoir detailing the traumatic experiences she endured growing up as a child star.

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A first-time homeowner in Abilene, TX, saw her brand-new home flood twice in just seven weeks, underscoring a risk many buyers don't consider: new construction is no guarantee against flood damage. Fresh grading that hasn't settled, landscaping not yet designed to handle heavy rain, and overlooked details like flashing and sealing can all leave new builds just as exposed as older homes.

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Manufactured housing is drawing growing attention as a solution to the nation's housing shortage, but a lack of data on land availability, pricing, and community attributes is creating a bottleneck for the industry, according to Greyson Gibson, CEO of LotRoll. Gibson says the stigma around manufactured homes needs to catch up with reality, noting that modern factory-built homes are often indistinguishable from traditional stick-built construction on the inside.

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The 21st Century Road to Housing Act includes nine banking provisions aimed at loosening post-recession regulations that pushed small banks and credit unions out of the mortgage market over the past decade.

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A record 25.2 million adults under 35 lived with their parents in 2025, surpassing even pandemic-era levels, and roughly 70% of them had jobs. The finding challenges the common assumption that young adults living at home are simply struggling to find work. Instead, the data points to a deeper affordability problem, with the median home price hitting $430,000 in 2025, up 34.4% from 2019, and the median asking rent climbing to $1,673.

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Mortgage rates dipped to 6.47% for the week ending June 18, down 5 basis points from the prior week and well below the 6.81% average recorded during the same period in 2025, according to Freddie Mac. The drop followed President Trump's signing of a 14-point memorandum of understanding with Iran aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz and lifting sanctions.

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HGTV and Food Network star Taniya Nayak has spent nearly two decades renovating every inch of her Milton, MA, penthouse, where a riverfront view and a long-overdue bedroom makeover have become her two greatest sanctuaries.

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Mortgage rates fell to 6.47% for the week ending June 18, down from 6.52% the prior week, after President Trump signed a preliminary peace accord with Iran that raised hopes for greater economic stability heading into summer.

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Home flipper profit margins rose for the first time in nearly two years in the first quarter of 2026, climbing to 25.4% after seven consecutive quarters of decline, with Pittsburgh leading the country at an 86% return while Austin posted a paltry 2%.

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Chip and Joanna Gaines have listed three of their most iconic renovation projects simultaneously, including their famous Waco castle, the Hillcrest Estate, and the Gristmill, for a combined asking price of $5.33 million.

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The Federal Reserve held rates steady at new Chairman Kevin Warsh's first meeting Wednesday, keeping its benchmark rate in the range of 3.5% to 3.75% as surging inflation made a cut impossible. Rather than the typical forward guidance, the Fed issued a blunt one-line statement: "The Committee will deliver price stability." The Fed's latest projections suggest a quarter-point rate hike is likely before the end of 2026, though Warsh declined to submit his own forecast to the dot plot, calling it unhelpful.