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The prospect of homeownership has felt increasingly out of reach in the last few years. Prospective buyers face multiple obstacles: soaring mortgage rates, stubbornly high home prices and a scarcity ...

It’s cheaper to rent than to buy a home in all but two of the top 50 American metro areas, a Realtor.com study showed.