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Understanding New York’s STAR Tax Relief Program
New York State has a special program to help people save money on property taxes, especially for school costs. This program is called the School Tax Relief (STAR) program. It was created to make living in New York more a...
Why Home Prices Are Remaining Steady in This Market
The expectations in the housing market hardly match the realities on the ground. Even though many people cannot leave their homes to even view homes right now, the housing market is still considered to be holding up in the ...
THIS Type of Housing Has Been Linked to Higher COVID-19 Risks
As the pandemic progresses, researchers are getting more and more data on what causes viral infections to spread. One surprising cause of COVID is actually linked to the housing market. It turns out that a lack of...
A Third of Americans Have Outstanding Housing Payments
Many readers out there are likely more than a little fed up with the fact that most of the news cycle in 2020 has been centered entirely on the novel Coronavirus, which first appeared in China way back in January and ...
How the Biden Administration Will Work Through Affordable Housing Challenges
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take the oath of office on January 20, 2021, he is facing a multitude of issues. The most obvious is the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout. The economic rami...
New Yorkers Leave the City and Drive Up Housing Prices
New York City residents have been fleeing the metropolis in record numbers since COVID-19 was declared to be a pandemic in March 2020. This has resulted in housing prices soaring in the suburbs and even in outlying areas...
Hottest and Coldest Markets in the US Heading into the New Year
One of the bright spots of the disastrous economic free fall of 2020 was that the housing market was still able to thrive during this unprecedented period in time. Historic low interest rates and a demand for h...
Everyone wishes to own a house at some point in their lives. However, buying a home requires proper planning to raise the necessary amount of money. I...
If you are successful in getting a mortgage, you might have to pay back that money until you retire, depending on the ho...
Affordable Housing Is Difficult for Buyers and Renters to Obtain
Both prospective home buyers and renters across the United States are having a tough time finding affordable housing. In a report about the Ohio housing market issued by the National Low Income Housing Coalitio...