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Homebuyers Are Starting to Revolt Over Steep Prices Across US
More Details: Homebuyers Are Starting to Revolt Over Steep Prices Across USThe US housing market — long crippled by an inventory drought — is finally starting to see listings rise. But now, in many places, the buyers just aren’t showing up. Sellers are grappling with the fact that higher-for-longer rates are choking off demand during what’s typically the key season for the market. And more of…
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Making $150K is considered ‘lower middle class’ in these cities
More Details: Making $150K is considered ‘lower middle class’ in these citiesThe power of a six-figure (or more) salary is seemingly fading depending on where you live, bumping some U.S. earners into a “lower middle class” status. “In America’s most expensive cities, the bar has definitely been raised to be considered ‘middle class,’” GOBankingRates lead content data researcher Andrew Murray told Fox News Digital. “To escape the…
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Study: If You Want More Babies, Make Mortgages Affordable For Young People
More Details: Study: If You Want More Babies, Make Mortgages Affordable For Young PeopleA new NBER working paper (Did the Modern Mortgage Set the Stage for the U.S. Baby Boom? by Lisa J. Dettling & Melissa Schettini Kearney) reveals an unexpected (well, actually expected) catalyst behind America’s famous baby boom: government-backed mortgages that transformed homeownership and family formation patterns. Why it matters: The FHA and VA mortgage programs…
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Man ‘addicted’ to cheese has spent £60k on cheddar and eats at least two blocks a day
More Details: Man ‘addicted’ to cheese has spent £60k on cheddar and eats at least two blocks a dayA man who is “addicted” to cheese has spent over £60,000 on cheddar over the years and manages to get through at least two blocks a day. Mark King, 54, will put an entire block of cheese into a sandwich and would happily eat four a day if his wife, 49-year-old Tracey, would let him. But despite…