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Homeownership has long been a cornerstone of the American dream. But first-time home buyers, especially millennials, are facing an uphill battle when it comes to house hunting. This is in part because...

Today's real estate market is a challenging one for buyers. While home prices have relaxed since their peak in the COVID-19 pandemic, the typical cost of a home in the U.S. has risen by more than 23% ...

Price increases throughout the U.S. economy over the past few years have made nearly everything more expensive, but perhaps no spending category has squeezed Americans' budgets like the cost of housin...

After nearly three years of stubbornly high inflation, the rate of price increases in the U.S. finally appears to be slowing down. U.S. Consumer Price Index data for October 2023 showed an overall 3.2...

As mortgage interest rates remain elevated above pre-pandemic levels, mortgage refinancing applications continue to decline after refinancing exploded in 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic. Most common...

While the U.S. real estate market appears to finally be cooling down, home price growth has been a defining economic trend in recent years. Over the past decade, U.S. home values grew by more than 81%...

It is no great secret that America is getting older. The birth rate in the U.S. has fallen by more than half since the early 1960s. Typical life expectancy in the U.S. has increased by around a decade...

The holiday season is in full swing, and for U.S. retailers, it is often the busiest season of the year for consumer spending. Holiday spending in the U.S. is estimated to total nearly $1 trillion in ...

As artificial intelligence reshapes the job market and the U.S. unemployment rate reaches a four-year high, plumbers and other skilled tradesworkers are seeing growing demand. While many office-based ...

While the inflation rate has stabilized, it persists above the Federal Open Market Committee's 2% target, with the cost of shelter continuing to pressure consumer wallets. Data released by the Bureau ...