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Alena Botros is a former reporter at Fortune, where she primarily covered real estate. Alena was an editorial fellow at Fortune for a year prior to joining as a staff writer. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California.

Gen Z is getting a break on rent
Finance
Gen Z is getting a break on rent
By Alena BotrosSeptember 9, 2024
Florida and Texas boomtowns are awash in a glut of condos 
Finance
Florida and Texas boomtowns are awash in a glut of condos 
By Alena BotrosSeptember 5, 2024
Andreessen Horowitz shutters its ‘Wall Street South’ office after 2 years because nobody was showing up
Finance
Andreessen Horowitz shutters its ‘Wall Street South’ office after 2 years because nobody was showing up
By Alena BotrosSeptember 4, 2024
Half of all households in the country can’t afford a normal starter home
Finance
Half of all households in the country can’t afford a normal starter home
By Alena BotrosAugust 30, 2024
A 40-year mortgage should be the new American standard for first-time homebuyers, two-time presidential advisor says
Finance
A 40-year mortgage should be the new American standard for first-time homebuyers, two-time presidential advisor says
By Alena BotrosAugust 29, 2024
U.S. homes aren’t just more expensive. They’re also getting smaller
Finance
U.S. homes aren’t just more expensive. They’re also getting smaller
By Alena BotrosAugust 28, 2024
It’s getting easier to find a starter home but harder to buy one
Finance
It’s getting easier to find a starter home but harder to buy one
By Alena BotrosAugust 27, 2024
A man and a woman holding moving boxes stand in an empty room
Finance
Mortgage rates verge on pivotal magic number 
By Alena BotrosAugust 23, 2024
You need to make around $135,000 to rent in New York
Finance
You need to make around $135,000 to rent in New York
By Alena BotrosAugust 22, 2024
Forget the 30-year mortgage: The 40-year mortgage needs to become the new American standard, former Obama advisor says
Finance
Forget the 30-year mortgage: The 40-year mortgage needs to become the new American standard, former Obama advisor says
By Alena BotrosAugust 21, 2024
Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris: Two vastly different approaches to America’s housing crisis
Politics
Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris: Two vastly different approaches to America’s housing crisis
By Alena BotrosAugust 21, 2024
Photo of Kamala Harris
Finance
Kamala Harris’s housing plan is similar to a Singaporean strategy—where 90% of residents own their homes
By Alena BotrosAugust 19, 2024
Almost 1 in 10 homes are worth $1 million or more
Finance
Almost 1 in 10 homes are worth $1 million or more
By Alena BotrosAugust 16, 2024
Barbara Corcoran: Buy a home now; don’t wait for a Fed rate cut
Finance
Barbara Corcoran: Buy a home now; don’t wait for a Fed rate cut
By Alena BotrosAugust 15, 2024
We’re close to a 6% mortgage rate reality, but it isn’t enough to jump-start the housing market
Finance
We’re close to a 6% mortgage rate reality, but it isn’t enough to jump-start the housing market
By Alena BotrosAugust 14, 2024
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