
Here's how much house you can afford in your area
CNN
How tough is it to afford a home in this wild housing market? A lot depends on how much you earn and how many houses are for sale where you live.
Record high prices and record low inventory are creating an affordability crisis for homebuyers, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors.
"With limited supply, the issue of affordability looms even bigger," said Nadia Evangelou, NAR's senior economist, director of forecasting and lead author of the report. "Wages may have increased, but not anywhere near the pace of the home prices."

Cuba is going dark under US pressure. How the crisis unfolded and why its troubles are far from over
Almost three months after the US effectively imposed an oil blockade on Cuba that worsened its energy crunch, nearly every aspect of Cuban society has been feeling the strain.

The Department of Homeland Security has been ensnared by a partial government shutdown as Congress did not act to fund the agency by the end of Friday. But nearly all DHS workers will remain on the job — even if many won’t get paid until the lapse ends — and the public probably won’t notice much of a change.











