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Real Estate

The Housing Market is Still Rough. Tariffs Likely Won’t Help.

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Simply put: too many prospective buyers remain priced out of the market. And tariffs aren’t likely to bring prices down.

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Real Estate

Climate Change Could Slash Home Values By $1.5 Trillion, Report Says

As they say: Man plans, and Mother Nature floods his semi-basement. And climate change may melt home values along with glaciers.

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Real Estate

The US Housing Market is Becoming Bifurcated

Sales of new homes picked up considerably to end 2024. But sales of old homes are at their slowest pace since 1995.

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Personal Finance

Home Economics: Homeownership is still the American Dream. But Should it Be?

Buying a home is expensive. And so is owning one. In the era of high mortgage rates and soaring expenses, is homeownership still worth it?

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Indicators

US Households Get More and More Comfortable with the Stock Market

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Almost half of all US households’ financial assets are tied to public stocks, a near-record high, according to recent Federal Reserve data.

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Inflation & Prices

Renters Are Losing Hope They’ll Ever Own a House

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A New York Fed survey found renters saying their probability of ever owning a home fell to 40.1%, a new low.

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Inflation & Prices

Investors Are Buying Up a Bigger Share of Cheap Homes

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More than a quarter of all US home sales were bought by investors in the last quarter, a new all-time high.

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