I’m Haunted by the Mansions of My Youth
I grew up having nightmares about big houses that represented the trauma of my childhood. As an adult living through the housing crisis, my relationship with mansions has only grown more complicated
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How Credit Scores Can Run—and Ruin—Our Lives
You can have a great credit history and still see your score plummet. How did the rating system become so powerful?
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How Empty Storefronts Are Killing Our Neighbourhoods
All over North America, speculators are raising rents and pushing out tenants. Will our cities ever be the same?
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Small-Town Homes, Big-City Prices: Welcome to the Everywhere Boom
Sky-high housing prices have always been a problem in urban areas. Now, people are being priced out all over
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How Real Estate TV Became a Cruel Joke
Why would I want to watch celebrities shop for multimillion-dollar mansions while I get priced out of my own city?
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How Neighbourhoods Are Built to Keep Out Single Women
If we want more affordable housing, then we need to stop designing communities for traditional families
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Airbnb Versus Everyone
How the tech platform crowds the housing market and threatens neighbourhoods
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Thinking of Buying a Waterfront Property? Read This First
As climate-related dangers increase, insurance companies are changing where and how we build homes
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