metropolitan

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In the first eight months of 2025, the Los Angeles metropolitan area authorized slightly fewer new housing units than the Austin, Texas, metro, despite having five times the population, according to census data.

From The Wall Street Journal

The S&P Case-Shiller index of home prices in the top 20 U.S. metropolitan areas will be released on New Year’s Eve at 9 a.m.

From MarketWatch

Home prices rose 1.4% year over year in September in the 20 major metropolitan areas measured by the index.

From Barron's

Here’s a trivia question for your holiday road trip: In which five U.S. metropolitan areas did the consumer-price index rise by less than 2% over the preceding 12 months?

From The Wall Street Journal

Guns are widespread in metropolitan and suburban areas, with one in three firearms in NSW located in major cities, the report said.

From BBC