WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States real estate market is booming even as the coronavirus crisis intensifies, and the seemingly insatiable appetite for new and older homes has sent prices soaring —meaning more and more families with modest incomes are seeing their dreams of owning property shattered.
NOT AFFORDABLE TO MANY A house for sale sign shows it is under contract in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 19, 2020. AFP PHOTO