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A British expat moved to Iceland and struggled to adjust to the seasonal darkness and lack of choice for groceries
A woman who moved to Iceland from the UK says her biggest adjustments included getting used...
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Of course Californians are pouring into Texas, the mayor of Dallas said. The state has the 2 things everyone wants.
Eric Johnson proudly talked about the (unsurprising) things drawing Americans, specifically Californians, to Texas: cheaper homes...
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This YouTuber built an underground bunker in his backyard for less than $100,000
YouTuber JerryRigEverything built his own bunker and documented the months-long process in a series of videos....
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I moved to the middle of Canada, where the affordable healthcare is great, but the closest city is 2 hours away and I can't find anything cheap on Amazon
Leslie Redmond, 37, said Canada is great even if it isn't the paradise Americans envision. She...
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Meet the typical American moving to — and leaving — New York
People moving to New York are younger, make slightly more, and rent more than those leaving,...
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Move over, millennials: Gen Zers are coming for boomers' houses
Baby boomers' dominance in the US housing market is coming to an end. And Gen Z,...
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A guy just signed a contract to rent an apartment using bitcoin, likely a world first
A landlord and tenant signed Argentina's first-ever bitcoin-based rental contract. It may also be the first...
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I'm a Nashville local. It's expensive and overrun by tourists, but it's still the best city in the world.
Bryan Clayton has lived in Nashville for a decade. He used to love going out on...
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Meet a millennial who moved from California to New Mexico after cycling through 35 roommates and a tiny home in the Bay Area
Julia, an elder millennial, said that housing should be a human right, and not a get...
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The 10 cities workers are flocking to — and the 10 they're leaving
US workers are moving to Sarasota and Tampa but are leaving College Station, Texas, according to...
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I moved to Singapore for my boyfriend and landed what I thought was my dream job. Then everything fell apart.
Miriam Deliva moved to Singapore with her ex-boyfriend in 2018. It was expensive and stressful, and...
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A millennial couple who moved from Baltimore to Florida explain why they bought a $65,000 mobile home as their starter house
Decades of local and state regulations have limited or barred manufactured housing from communities across the...
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US home prices jump another 5% on tumbling mortgage rates and tight supply
US home prices climbed 5.2% in November, according to data from CoreLogic, as lower mortgage rates...
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Bad news, Beijing: Real-estate booms like the one in China nearly always end with a major banking crisis
"History shows that credit-fuelled real-estate booms do not end in a whimper," wrote Andrew Lawrence, the...
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I left Texas and moved to Spain. Life is so good here I can't ever imagine living in the US again.
An ex-San Antonio resident who moved to Spain says he's never returning to the US or...
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Student-loan borrowers are taking on more debt, and it's not all tuition — blame skyrocketing housing costs
College towns have gotten so expensive that some students are going deeper into debt to afford...
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I traded city life for a cabin in Lapland, Finland. I'm disconnected from the modern world — but I've never been happier.
Petri Kokkonen, a wilderness guide based in Lapland, said he never felt truly happy living in...
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More than 40 train cars got turned into apartments decades ago. Now 3 are for sale for just $125,000 — but there's a catch.
The three-car condo in Wisconsin isn't habitable in the winter, and Airbnbs aren't allowed.
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Sliding mortgage rates are helping to thaw the frozen housing market, Redfin says
Mortgage rates are finally falling, the real-estate brokerage said, after a year where higher borrowing costs...
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I moved to Dubai from the UK and love it. Life is safer and easier here.
Life in Dubai is much easier, says a man who moved from the UK. Gas is...
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The state that left millennials behind
If housing prices in California had kept pace with the rest of the country, a whole...