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Photo Credit: Photographee.eu / Shutterstock Approximately 44 million U.S. households (or 35% of total) are renters, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Renters tend to move much more frequently than homeowners. For example,...

A recent analysis found that 12.8% of all Tennessee housing is high-density—defined as structures with five housing units or more.High-density housing can provide a number of important benefits to communities and the residents who live there. All else being equal, research suggests that residents in high-density communities tend to be more physically active and healthy. Their costs for utilities and transportation tend to be lower, and as a result, high-density communities may also be ...

Single family homes are the norm in most of the country, but they are an especially high percentage of properties in these cities.

Mike LaFirenza The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the real estate market in the U.S. in many ways, changing where families want to live and the types of housing they prefer. Early on in the pandemic, many families in densely populated urban areas set out for more spacious homes in rural or suburban areas. As more […]

Photo Credit: Robert Crum / Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the real estate market in the U.S. in many ways, changing where families want to live and the types of housing they prefer. Early on in the pandemic, many f...

Photo Credit: Ursula Page / Shutterstock One of the major economic stories in recent months has been rising concerns about inflation. While year-over-year wage growth in the U.S. has reached its fastest rate in decades this year, the b...

One of the major economic stories in recent months has been rising concerns about inflation. While year-over-year wage growth in the U.S. has reached its fastest rate in decades this year, the benefit of rising wages for most households has been limited by increasing prices in many consumer categories. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has been reporting price increases in excess of 5–6%, figures well above typical levels. Recent increases in the CPI primarily came from increases in ...

These places unfortunately have more cockroaches and rodents than other places in the U.S.

Newsweek compiled a list of the most affluent zip code in each state, including this area Tennessee.

With demand for services on the rise, local construction companies are shelling out more money to hire and retain workers.