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New York City Landlords Are Now Suing Their Own Rent Guidelines Board Over the Citywide Rent Freeze, Arguing the Policy Is Quietly Bankrupting Small Building Owners
A group of small New York City landlords has sued the city’s Rent Guidelines Board, arguing its decision to freeze rents on roughly one million rent-stabilized apartments was a politically […]
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Airbnb Host Is Facing Blackmail Accusations After a Guest Says He Threatened to Tell Her Partner About an Affair Unless She Paid Him to Stay Quiet After Checkout
An Airbnb “superhost” is facing extortion and privacy-invasion claims in a lawsuit accusing her of threatening to send a guest’s spouse compromising doorbell-camera footage unless he paid a disputed fee. […]
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Philadelphia Tenant Has Filed the First Ever Lawsuit Under the City’s New Rent Algorithm Ban, Accusing Her Landlord of Letting Software Quietly Decide Her Monthly Rent
A Philadelphia renter named Yiyao Liu has filed what appears to be the first lawsuit tested under the city’s ban on algorithmic rent-setting software, accusing her property manager of letting […]
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Mortgage Rates Just Slid Lower to Start This Holiday Shortened Week, and Buyers Who Have Been Sitting on the Sidelines for Months Are Suddenly Paying Very Close Attention Again
The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage eased to 6.67% on Tuesday, down four basis points from the prior session, according to daily lender data reported by Yahoo Finance. […]
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Drew and Jonathan Scott Are Back With a New Show Built Entirely Around Buyers Who Cannot Stop Second Guessing Every Single Home They Tour
A Couple Rebuilding From Ash, and a Premise Built Around Doubt In the opening episode of Drew and Jonathan Scott’s newest HGTV series, a couple named AJ and Carin aren’t […]
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New Map Reveals Exactly Which American Cities Are Losing the Most Residents This Year, and a Few of the Answers Will Genuinely Surprise You
The Cities Losing People Faster Than Anywhere Else Memphis, Tennessee, is losing residents faster than any other major U.S. city this year, shedding population at a rate of 0.99 percent […]
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Federal Workers Facing a Forced Relocation Mandate Are Choosing to Walk Away From Their Jobs Entirely Rather Than Uproot Their Entire Families
A Deadline That Doubles as an Ultimatum Roughly 6,500 Forest Service employees received formal impact notices this year telling them their jobs are moving out from under them, part of […]
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Five Biggest Home Insurance Companies in America Did Not Pay Out 44 Percent of the Claims Filed Against Them Last Year, a New Analysis Found
The Numbers Behind the Denials The five largest home insurance companies in the country, Allstate, State Farm, Liberty Mutual, USAA and Farmers, collectively declined to pay out on more than […]
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HGTV’s Newest Show Follows Everyday Americans Buying Stunning Turnkey Homes Overseas for a Fraction of What the Same House Would Cost Back Home
A $150,000 Budget Goes a Lot Further Somewhere Else HGTV’s newest series is built around a question plenty of frustrated American homebuyers have quietly wondered themselves: what if the dream […]
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Homebuyers Are Quietly Snapping Up Empty Churches Across the Country and Turning Them Into Homes as Congregations Keep Shrinking Year After Year
Stained Glass Over the Kitchen Sink In Milford, Michigan, a converted Catholic church now holds six condominium units, and when Unit 1 came up for sale, it drew multiple offers […]