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This Chart Shows Why the Housing Market May See an End-Of-September Shock

September 15, 2021 Alyssa Comments Off

Fortune.com: The worst of the 2021 bidding wars look like they’re in the rearview mirror as the red hot housing market finally cools down a bit. Since bottoming out this spring, the number of homes for sale is up […]

What to Expect in the 2022 Housing Market

September 3, 2021 Alyssa Comments Off

Fortune.com: For any homebuyer, novice or weathered, the 2021 housing market has been harrowing to navigate. By some experts’ definitions, “this year, [the housing market] decidedly shot way ahead of the economy, to the point […]

House Hunting in Fort Worth With a Wealthy Californian

August 23, 2021 Alyssa Comments Off

Texasmonthly.com: One sunny morning this spring, a Chevy Suburban pulled up to a sizable Mediterranean-style house in a gated community on the west side of Fort Worth. Inside the SUV, Ernie Tarut was recalling how […]

Overheated Real Estate Market Begins to Cool

August 16, 2021 Alyssa Comments Off

NYTimes.com: Supercharged by tight inventory and pent-up demand, home prices continued to rise in July, but at a slower rate. The pandemic created a frenzied real estate market in much of the United States that […]

Housing Market

Existing Home Sales Continue To Slide Amid supply Shortage, Steep Mortgage Rates

FoxBusiness.com: Existing home sales slump in July as supply shortage, high mortgage rates limit buyers’ options. U.S. existing home sales continued to slide in July as a combination of steep mortgage rates [...]
Technology

India’s Got the Next Big Thing in Tech, and it Could be Worth $1 Trillion

CNN.com: More than two decades ago, India began its transformation into a global IT powerhouse, ushering in an era of wealth and job creation never before seen in the country. Now, Asia’s third largest [...]
Economy

You May Want to Rethink Where You Put Your Emergency Cash Amid Rising Inflation

CNBC: KEY POINTS Rising costs due to inflation are affecting everything from food to energy prices.While some consumers may suffer sticker shock, interest rates are set to stay low for [...]
Economy

Amazon Hiring 100,000 Workers In US, Canada To Keep Up With Surge In Online Shopping

Fox Business: Hiring for the new roles is already underway. Amazon announced Monday plans to hire 100,000 workers across North America as it races to keep up with an onslaught of [...]
Real Estate

U.S. Jury Finds Realtors Liable For Inflating Commissions, Awards $1.78 Billion In Damages

CNBC.com: A U.S. jury on Tuesday found the National Association of Realtors and some residential brokerages, including units of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, liable to pay $1.78 billion in damages for [...]
Debt Ceiling

Yellen Warns Failure to Raise Debt Ceiling Could Trigger ‘Economic Catastrophe’

FoxBusiness.com: Treasury secretary: Debt default could precipitate ‘historic financial crisis. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen renewed her call for Congress to raise or suspend the nation’s debt before October, warning that failure to do so [...]