Tag: real estate
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Bigger homes don’t always improve quality of life
Square footage scales costs, maintenance, and isolation faster than satisfaction. After a modest threshold, more house often delivers less life.
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Cash buyers are ruining the market for everyone else
Cash offers tilt the housing market against ordinary buyers in ways that aren’t fully captured by price. Here’s how the real damage happens.
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Buying a home isn’t always a smart investment
The buy a house, build equity narrative skips the math. In many markets and life situations, renting and investing the difference produces better outcomes.
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The starter home is dead and we should stop pretending otherwise
The starter home as a concept no longer exists in most American markets. Pretending it does just sets first-time buyers up for disappointment.
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Scientology’s real estate empire: mapping the church’s global property holdings
Scientology’s property portfolio spans dozens of countries and billions in real estate. Mapping it reveals how the organization actually finances itself.