Apartment hunting on a budget can be frustrating. So what does the low-end price on a rental downtown look like these days — and what might you get for your money?
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As deadline looms to appeal 2020 Philly property assessments, thousands of homeowners are left in limbo
The property taxes on Stephen Dunne’s rowhouse in South Philadelphia have nearly doubled in the last two years.
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Are Tiny Houses a Solution to Vermont’s Housing Issues?
If you’ve been on Instagram in the past decade, you’ve probably seen a tiny house. These pocket-size abodes are cute, wholesome and minimalist — and can look like an easy remedy to our often overstuffed, overstimulated lives. And the social media hashtags, of course, abound: #tinyhouse, #tinyliving, #homeiswhereyouparkit, #houselessnothomeless.
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South Main Street Redevelopment Project Proposed
A Milford firm is proposing that a gas station/convenience store, which has been a South Main Street (Route 25) fixture for decades, be razed and replaced with a modern version of those facilities.
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Lower Property Taxes, Zero Sewer Increase in Proposed Binghamton Budget
Property owners in the City of Binghamton are due to pay less in taxes next year and get a promise from the Mayor for a 0% increase in their sewer fee.
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This was the worst week for mortgage rates in 3 years – and it may be just the beginning
The average rate on the 30-year fixed is now 20 basis points higher than it was on Monday and 36 basis points higher than its last low on September 4th, according to Mortgage News Daily.
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California approves statewide rent control bill authored by San Francisco lawmaker
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — On Wednesday, California lawmakers approved a statewide rent cap. Governor Gavin Newsom called the new legislation “the strongest rent control package in America.”
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The California Real Estate Boom Is Over. What Now?
If you had invested in a property in San Francisco five years ago and cashed out in 2019, you would have made a 50% profit, never mind the rental income. But if you had bought a year ago and sold today you would have made exactly zero.
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Revamped proposal takes aim at Detroit Airbnb home rentals
A Detroit City Council member has proposed replacing Detroit’s existing — yet unenforced — ban on some Airbnb home rentals with a new ordinance that opponents say would still wipe out most existing rentals.
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Trump wants Fed to cut interest rates to zero or below. Here’s what it could mean for you.
It seems like only yesterday that the Federal Reserve was steadily raising interest rates as the U.S. economy picked up steam after years of near-zero rates following the Great Recession of 2007-09.
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