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A New Report Exaggerates the Problem of Housing Affordability To Push Expensive Federal Interventions

The picture is particularly bad in a number of California cities—the third most unaffordable state according ... A plurality (roughly 15 percent) take four years to finish. Over half of projects take ... read more

Bring Back Flophouses, Rooming Houses, and Microapartments

Most Americans live in houses or apartments that they own or rent. But a century ago, other less expensive choices were just as common: renting space in families ... the English call “bedsits.” In the ... read more

Australians are reluctant renters - but it doesn't have to be this way

Renting doesn't have to be something you do ... in France on and off over the years. The last time was in the beautiful city of Lyon, where we struggled to get a three year lease - our landlord wanted ... read more

Save Your Money! Here Are the 6 Most Affordable Cities to Live In

If you're looking to get more for your money and keep your housing costs to a minimum, here are six to explore. Despite the fact that New York has the highest state income taxes in the country, Buffal... read more

Chevrolet Bolt Beats Out Tesla Model S To Become Consumer Reports’ Range Champion

Consumer Reports is attempting to compare the semi-affordable Bolt against the cheapest Tesla it had available for testing ... Both are eligible for the $7,500 federal tax credit. Our Bolt Premier cos... read more

College cuts its tuition by 33%

The College Board says that the average yearly cost for a four-year public university for an in-state student is now $8,240. For a private college, it’s $28,500 per year. William Thierfelder, presiden... read more

Color of Money Live (April 5)

And, renting is expensive ... cash for most of the home improvements so luckily we are not upside down on our mortgage. This has led me to think about the Rent vs Ownership debate. I figured out how m... read more

The E-Cat is back, and people are still falling for it!

Image credit: John Cooke, of "Piltdown Man", one of history's most elaborate scientific hoaxes ... where it was drew over 900 W of power for about a third of the time, and then far less for the other ... read more

Blackstone, other investors snap up thousands of Tampa Bay rental homes

Few are mightier than the Blackstone Group, which dropped $150 million to buy 1,000 Tampa Bay homes — in just the last six ... years, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco economists said in October. ... read more

Study finds price of wind energy in US at an all-time low, averaging under 2.5 cent/kWh

"Wind energy prices—particularly in the central United States—have hit new lows, with utilities selecting wind as the low cost option," Berkeley Lab Senior Scientist Ryan Wiser said. "Moreover, enable... read more

High speed and high cost: Are we heading towards a major rail project?

Working in favour of high speed rail is that its cost has come down, particularly following its massive ... adding that it ultimately "would have a profound and positive transformational effect on how ... read more