Due to a three-month drop in the median price of a single-family home as well as a continued decline of long-term interest rates (i.e. mortgage rates), the affordability of a single-family home has spiked back up to a level only briefly seen at the tail end of the financial crisis.

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On Tuesday, the fire danger spiked with searing temperatures and single-digit humidity across Western states.

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