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A woman who moved to Iceland from the UK says her biggest adjustments included getting used to near-constant darkness and the lack of choice at the grocery store.

Eric Johnson proudly talked about the (unsurprising) things drawing Americans, specifically Californians, to Texas: cheaper homes and quality of life.

YouTuber JerryRigEverything built his own bunker and documented the months-long process in a series of videos. Still, he says he's not a prepper.

Leslie Redmond, 37, said Canada is great even if it isn't the paradise Americans envision. She still returns to the US for Target's cereal aisle.

People moving to New York are younger, make slightly more, and rent more than those leaving, according to a Business Insider analysis.

Baby boomers' dominance in the US housing market is coming to an end. And Gen Z, not millennials, are poised to take over.

A landlord and tenant signed Argentina's first-ever bitcoin-based rental contract. It may also be the first contract of its kind in the world.

Bryan Clayton has lived in Nashville for a decade. He used to love going out on Broadway to listen to country music but now avoids the party culture like the plague.

Julia, an elder millennial, said that housing should be a human right, and not a get rich quick scheme.

US workers are moving to Sarasota and Tampa but are leaving College Station, Texas, according to LinkedIn's January 2024 Workforce Report.

Miriam Deliva moved to Singapore with her ex-boyfriend in 2018. It was expensive and stressful, and she missed her lifestyle and family in Australia.

Decades of local and state regulations have limited or barred manufactured housing from communities across the country in need of affordable homes.

US home prices climbed 5.2% in November, according to data from CoreLogic, as lower mortgage rates and dwindling supply propped up the market.

"History shows that credit-fuelled real-estate booms do not end in a whimper," wrote Andrew Lawrence, the head of Asia property at GlobalData.TS Lombard.

An ex-San Antonio resident who moved to Spain says he's never returning to the US or his job-focused lifestyle. Spaniards' work-life balance is better.

College towns have gotten so expensive that some students are going deeper into debt to afford housing.

Petri Kokkonen, a wilderness guide based in Lapland, said he never felt truly happy living in a city.

Mortgage rates are finally falling, the real-estate brokerage said, after a year where higher borrowing costs drove away potential homebuyers.

Life in Dubai is much easier, says a man who moved from the UK. Gas is delivered via app, and his apartment has a private gym and swimming pool.

If housing prices in California had kept pace with the rest of the country, a whole lot more millennials might own houses.