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Photo Credit: Alamy Stock Photo Last year was a difficult time for recent college graduates. Those who graduated in the spring of 2020 found themselves job-hunting in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic when businesses across the country were forced to shut their doors. And among those businesses who didn’t have to close, many put the brakes on hiring. With the U.S. starting to round the corner of the pandemic, this year’s college graduates will face a very different job market. Unemployment rates are declining, vaccination rates are increasing, and businesses have a much brig...

As we all know, small town living in the United States has many benefits and some of the best small cities anywhere are found right here in the Northland.  While that may sound like a biased statement, at least one national study does support it. SmartAssett.com conducted a study to find the best small towns in the United States. They discovered one in two Americans (48%, to be exact) prefer to live in a town or rural area, according to a 2020 Gallup survey. After analyzing data from 291 cities, with at least 65,000 people but fewer than 100,000, across a list of 11 metrics, they ranked th...

10 Best Cities to Sell a House in 2021 10 Best Cities to Sell a House in 2021 It's a seller's market here — home values are rising and properties sell quickly. This story originally appeared on SmartAsset.com. Deciding to leave the home you own might be difficult given the precious memories you’ve made within its walls. But the process of selling it can be downright taxing, especially when the real estate market is unpredictable. Your asking price, mortgage rates and other factors will determine how hard this process will be. Location, however, is arguably one of the most important factor...

10 Cities With the Best Work-Life Balance for 2021 These cities combine low unemployment with affordable housing, walkable neighborhoods and plenty of entertainment. This story originally appeared on SmartAsset.com. For most people, working is inevitable: You need a job to afford your lifestyle. The trick, of course, is to find a balance where you can earn the money you need without spending all of your time in the workplace. Some of that depends on what the work culture is like in your city, how much you need to earn to pay for housing, and how long you have to spend getting to work. To that...

Key Findings Western cities are still the best for selling homes. For the fourth consecutive year, all of the cities in our top 10 are located in Western states. This year includes two cities in Colorado, two cities in California and six in Arizona. Home values are up. On average, our study shows that home values have risen by 28.7% in the five-year period from 2014 to 2019. The city where home values have gone up the most is Hayward, California, rising 71.1%. The bottom city for this metric is Waterbury, Connecticut, where home values fell 7.1% in the same period. Selling takes almost three ...