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That affordability crunch has some considering different neighborhoods or even states. Just over a quarter of U.S. adults are willing to move out of state, Bankrate’s survey found. In addition, 20% would move farther away from family and friends, 13% would move farther from work and 11% would consider moving to a less desirable area.
With the rise of remote work, rethinking your geographic boundaries may make sense. Yet, remember that picking up your life and moving can be stressful and difficult if you are moving away from a support system, for instance, Ostrowski said.
“If you really want to go to a different market, rent a place for a few months or a year and get to know the area,” he advised. “See if you really want to live there.”
You are likely to get a better deal on a house that needs work. Just remember that renovations can require a lot of effort and often take longer and cost more than expected, said Ostrowski, who has been through a renovation.
While there are loan programs to help cover costs, they tend to be more complicated than mortgages. Supply chain issues could also make renovations difficult, said Clare Trapasso, Realtor.com’s deputy news editor.
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Task 3. Speak on the topic: Conflict management
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Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba spoke to CNBC’s Hadley Gamble at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Kuleba discussed the Ukraine war, the reconstruction of his country and further sanctions against Moscow.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the situation in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine is “very difficult” with Russian forces concentrating their fire and manpower on assaulting the region and seizing key cities there.
Zelenskyy said in his nightly address to the nation that “practically the full might of the Russian army, whatever they have left, is being thrown at the offensive there. Liman, Popasna, Sievierodonetsk, Slaviansk – the occupiers want to destroy everything there.”
A Russian-backed official in the occupied Ukrainian port of Mariupol said the first ship to leave since pro-Russian forces completed their capture of the city would leave in the next few days, the TASS news agency reported.
The official said the ship would take around 3,000 tons of metals to Rostov-on-Don in Russia, TASS said. Earlier, Russia’s defense ministry said that Mariupol’s port, a shallow-water harbor on the Azov Sea, was “operating normally.”