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Sales rose 0.7% month-over-month — about double what many economists had predicted. Year-over-year, that’s a 4% jump.
Our new high-tech vehicles are becoming pricier to repair, and we’re getting in more accidents than ever before.
The European Central Bank signaled that it might be ready to pull the trigger in June.
The government decided to end the program because of its impact on the country’s housing crisis.
Amid an increase in severe weather events, homeowners insurance rates in the US are skyrocketing toward record highs.
Larry Fink said that retirement is a “much tougher proposition” than it was 30 years ago.
Sick of waiting for the Federal Reserve to make a move, home buyers and sellers seem to be accepting the market for what it is.
Home prices in the Lone Star State’s capital have dropped 12% since 2022 — the largest decline of any US city.
The country is aiming to equal its growth from last year, but national debt and a property crisis are serious obstacles.
With home sales continuing to limp along, Home Depot and Lowe’s are reporting that do-it-yourselfers are cutting back on projects.
Several countries are looking more resilient than previously expected, leading to hopes that rate cuts will save riskier assets.
The supply is fixed, so investors are pouring capital into land needed to produce more food than we ever have.
With demand cratering at home, the country’s top businesses are attracted to America’s growing economy and incentives.
The UK is heading for its first election since it actually left the EU, but what has Brexit done to Britain’s economy?
Japan and the UK both announced that their economies shrunk over the past 6 months, while US consumers have yet to stop spending.
More than a quarter of all US home sales were bought by investors in the last quarter, a new all-time high.
US citizens under 40 took some of that pandemic fiscal stimulus and plowed it into a booming stock market.
The country’s aging and shrinking population has resulted in a dearth of workers in high-skilled sectors like tech.
Many American firms have taken a long time to build sustainable markets in China. They can’t let a little slump get them down.
Communities are hoping that a handful of incentives might be just enough to tip the scales and create a new generation of residents.