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fastcompany.com - Lance Lambert - These 30 housing markets have the most underwater homeowners
These 30 housing markets have the most underwater homeowners
Fast Company

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert's ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Since the pandemic housing boom fizzled out in the summer of 2022, some overheated parts of the country—particularly in the…

salon.com - Tony Schick - A low-income housing program is pouring billions into housing many people can't afford
A low-income housing program is pouring billions into housing many people can't afford
Salon.com

On any given night, thousands of people sleep on the streets in Portland, Oregon. They seek shelter in tents, bushes and overpasses in a city that has struggled with one of the worst housing crises in the country. Portland, like many cities, has…

theguardian.com - Greg Wood - Confusion on Kempton future after denials course to be bulldozed for houses
Confusion on Kempton future after denials course to be bulldozed for houses
The Guardian

Barratt Redrow, the housebuilding company that holds an option to redevelop the site of Kempton Park racecourse in Surrey, has denied a claim by a local MP that an application to bulldoze the historic home of the King George VI Chase to build more…

townhall.com - Dmitri Bolt - This Republican Has a Wild Idea for Fixing Housing Prices: Let the Market Actually Work
This Republican Has a Wild Idea for Fixing Housing Prices: Let the Market Actually Work
Townhall

As America approaches its 250th birthday, it's worth remembering why the colonies declared their independence from Britain. The Revolutionary War wasn't just about taxes; it was about resisting a government that increasingly believed it knew better…

mirror.co.uk - Steven Smith - I bought a £156,000 house aged 21 with just £600 saved
I bought a £156,000 house aged 21 with just £600 saved
Daily Mirror

Saffron Green and her husband Reece were adamant about stepping onto the property ladder, yet the challenge seemed insurmountable. After leaving their family homes, the pair spent more than 18 months renting, but purchasing their own home was…

newsweek.com - Andrew Stanton - Democrats' chances of flipping the House with four months until midterms
Democrats' chances of flipping the House with four months until midterms
Newsweek

Four months from the midterm elections, Democrats hold a polling lead over Republicans to retake control of the House of Representatives in a race that is poised to become a referendum on President Donald Trump 's popularity. If Democrats retake…

mirror.co.uk - Juliet Conway, Shelley Spadoni  - Jo Whiley says huge change has been like 'throwing a grenade into her house
Jo Whiley says huge change has been like 'throwing a grenade into her house
Daily Mirror

Radio presenter Jo Whiley is grappling with an energetic new arrival. Goose – an Australian Labradoodle puppy – has spent the past month disrupting the calm of the Northamptonshire home she shares with her husband, music executive…

express.co.uk - Emily Malia - Beautiful UK market town 'rivals Cotswolds villages' with charming houses and scenery
Beautiful UK market town 'rivals Cotswolds villages' with charming houses and scenery
Daily Express

It even has its own local delicacy The Cotwswolds. An area adored for its rolling hills, rich woodlands and quintessentially English villages. Its reputation proceeds it, across the UK and much of the world. While crowds gather in these famous…

gizmodo.com - Isaiah Colbert - The Raddest Things We Saw at Kodansha House
The Raddest Things We Saw at Kodansha House
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Night one of Anime Expo 2026 was, as the kids say, a movie. And what better way to capture how wild that night was than documenting Kodansha House ‘s swanky The Ghost in the Shell party from behind the lens of my trusty and underutilized…

siliconangle.com - Maria Deutscher - Chipmakers urge White House to avoid broad memory market interventions
Chipmakers urge White House to avoid broad memory market interventions
SiliconANGLE

A chip industry association has urged the White House not to make major changes to the way the memory market is regulated. The group, SEMI, represents most of the world's major semiconductor equipment and materials companies as well as chipmakers.

thesun.co.uk - James Flanders - Should you buy a flat as the cost to upgrade to a house hits a 30-year high?
Should you buy a flat as the cost to upgrade to a house hits a 30-year high?
The Sun

FIRST-time buyers are facing a nasty property trap as the cash difference to upgrade from an apartment to a family house hits a staggering 30-year high. According to property website Zoopla, the average house now costs 1.7 times the price of a…

heraldscotland.com - Aoife Deery - Mapping a fairer future for Scotland's private rented housing sector
Mapping a fairer future for Scotland's private rented housing sector
The Herald

Change is under way in the private rented sector (PRS) in Scotland to strengthen tenant protections. Demand for PRS advice from our network is up – more than 22% from this time last year, with advisers…

bbc.co.uk - Catriona Aitken - Penarth dine-and-dash pair enjoy two-course dinner at The Custom House
Penarth dine-and-dash pair enjoy two-course dinner at The Custom House
BBC

A restaurant owner has slammed a 'disrespectful' pair who he claims fled without paying for dinner and drinks, including a £52 Dover sole. They dined at The Custom House in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, on Monday evening, and racked up a…

bbc.co.uk - Catriona Aitken - Penarth dine-and-dash pair enjoy two-course dinner at The Custom House
Penarth dine-and-dash pair enjoy two-course dinner at The Custom House
BBC

Catriona Aitken and Gavin Thomas, BBC Wales A restaurant owner has slammed a 'disrespectful' pair who he claims fled without paying for dinner and drinks, including a £52 Dover sole. They dined at The Custom House in Penarth, Vale of…

nypost.com - Geoff Earle - Exclusive | New Thomas Jefferson statue shipped to White House for latest Trump display
Exclusive | New Thomas Jefferson statue shipped to White House for latest Trump display
New York Post

A full-size Thomas Jefferson is heading back to the White House he left in 1809. George Lundeen, the same artist who sculpted a defiant bronze of Trump that stands at the president's golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, says he recently shipped…

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