United States is a country of contrasts. Skyscrapers in downtown and low-density landed houses in suburbs. Despite of being one of the wealthiest countries of the world and having one of the highest costs of living in the world, American face income inequality and many living under poverty li...
Rising housing costs show crisis.(USA)(Brief Article)Coday, Dennis
Those living in large cities may have much higher housing costs. Here are the other necessities holding Americans back from saving more for retirement:Two other essential expenses that Americans say impede their ability to save for retirement are food and child care. Close to a third of ...
We talked last week about the costs of higher education for students who want to study in the United States. Today, as our Foreign Student Series continues, we discuss a cost that students may not always consider: health insurance. Medical care can be very costly1 if a person has an accid...
By utilizing an augmented Tobin's q model of residential investment, we show that heightened uncertainty surrounding builders' anticipated profits largely explains the housing slump in the key year of 1930. A combination of forces, including house prices, building costs, credit and demand constraints...
1Now, more and more cities are facing problems, such as high housing costs, pollution and crime. Let’s see what people in Hyderabad, India and in Sao Paulo, Brazil do to solve (解决) the problems.Hyderabad, IndiaTo improve people’s lives, Hyderabad is planting more and more trees. Th...
"The housing shortage is the root cause of our affordability crisis," said Zillow chief economist Skylar Olsen in an email to CBS MoneyWatch. "The simple fact is there are not enough homes where and how they are needed in this country. That drives housing costs to outpace the typica...
When comparing to monthly rental costs, be careful to also look at the median number of bedrooms. Owner occupied homes generally include more bedrooms than rentals. Mount Hermon, CAScotts Valley, CAFelton, CAZayante, CABen Lomond, CASanta Cruz, CALompico, CAPasatiempo, CABonny Doon, CA$0$...
In 2013, the national government announced the introduction of several efficiency interventions as mandatory for low income housing, including ceilings, insulation, and other thermal design improvements, and allocated budget to cover the additional costs. This was a significant positive development for ...
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