Are manufactured homes the answer to metro Phoenix's affordable-housing problem?

Mobile homes and the parks where they reside often get a bad rap for being old and ramshackle.

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Apartments, offices and a Fry's: What's coming to downtown Phoenix

When a McDonald's opened in a vacant historic tower in downtown Phoenix during the mid-1990s, it was a big deal.

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Downtown Phoenix's growing popularity is pricing out many residents

Downtown Phoenix's housing boom is blanketing the area with thousands of new apartments and condominiums.

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Downtown Phoenix's rebirth has been decades in the making. Here's how they did it

More construction cranes now dot downtown Phoenix's skyline than ever.

The area's population is surging to record levels, as is the number of employers bringing new jobs to the core of the nation's fifth-largest city.

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UltraFICO Credit Scores Are Launching in 2019

The biggest shift in three decades is coming to how FICO credit scores are calculated next year.

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'We built it for the big one': How this Mexico Beach house survived Hurricane Michael

Mexico Beach, Florida, was among the hardest-hit locations. The city was almost completely flattened from the storm. However, amid the incredible destruction, one home stood high on stilts above the wreckage, appearing largely untouched and pristine.

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Need to boost your credit score for a better mortgage rate? Here's how one woman did it.

A good credit score can land you your dream home without a nightmare mortgage.

Generally, a higher credit score will earn you a lower interest rate with most lenders.

Read more... https://www.nbcnews.com/better/business/want-boost-your-credit-score-better-mortgage-rate-here-s-ncna918551