Sam Khater, chief economist at Freddie Mac, believes we’re starting to see American metros becoming more like European cities, where low- and middle-income individuals live in the suburbs, rather than dense urban cores.
Source: Inman News
As aging urban cores get more expensive, a source of affordable housing diminishes
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