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The last time Americans saved this little of their paychecks, the economy was sliding into the worst recession in a generation. In March 2026, the personal saving rate dropped to 3.6%, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the lowest reading since December 2007. But unlike a typical consumer boom, the culprit was not a…
A home listed for sale in the United States now takes a median of 64 days to go under contract, the longest stretch since the early months of the pandemic, according to Redfin’s latest housing market update. That alone would signal a slower market. But the more striking number is the one underneath it: roughly…
Lenders filed foreclosure notices on 118,727 U.S. properties during the first quarter of 2026, according to ATTOM’s Q1 2026 Foreclosure Market Report. That is a 26% jump from the same period last year and a 6% increase over the final quarter of 2025, marking the highest quarterly total since pandemic-era protections started expiring. The numbers…
Of the 129 largest metropolitan areas tracked by the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s House Price Index, 39 lost value in the first quarter of 2025. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida, posted the steepest decline among major metros, with the FHFA repeat-sales index showing a year-over-year drop of approximately 9%. Detroit posted the largest gain, with the…
For much of the past two years, the spring homebuying season has been a season in name only. Mortgage rates above 6%, stubbornly high prices, and a shortage of listings kept would-be buyers on the sidelines while sellers refused to give up their locked-in low rates. That dynamic is finally starting to crack. For the…
Not long ago, buying a home in Austin meant racing against a dozen other offers and waiving inspections just to stay competitive. That frenzy has faded. The median home value across the Austin-Round Rock metro area settled to roughly $530,000 as of the first quarter of 2026, according to closed-sale data tracked by Redfin and…
When Sarah Kline started apartment hunting in Austin this past February, she expected the same bruising experience she had in 2022: bidding wars, application fees stacked on top of each other, and landlords who wouldn’t return calls. Instead, the property manager at the first complex she toured offered two months free on a 14-month lease…
Seven months in a row. That is how long homes in Miami-Dade County have been selling faster than new listings can replace them. Broward County has tracked the same pattern. By March 2026, the two counties that anchor South Florida’s housing market were posting rising sales, falling inventory, and median prices that climbed well above…
On April 25, 2026, a $16 billion financing package closed for Oracle’s planned hyperscale AI data center campus in Saline, Michigan, ranking it among the largest single-project infrastructure deals in U.S. history. Bank of America led the effort, placing $14 billion in bonds with institutional investors that included funds managed by PIMCO, Bloomberg reported. PIMCO…
An estimated 20 million single women in the United States own their homes, outnumbering single male homeowners by a margin that has persisted for decades. But federal data released over the past two years reveals that owning a home and owning one on equal terms are not the same thing. Single women consistently spend a…
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