Fed Announces First Rate Cut of 2025, Citing a Worsening Job Market
The Federal Reserve has announced its first interest rate cut since December 2024, pointing toward a degrading job market as ...
Tag: Tariffs
Annual Inflation Largely Flat in July as Likely Interest Rate Cut Approaches
Annual inflation edged higher but was in line with expectations in July, showing some impact from tariffs, as seen in ...
Leading Economic Indicators Post Slowing Decline in July
The economy is slowing overall, continuing a less than ideal market to become a homebuyer, per the latest findings from ...
Fed Wary of Elevated Inflation and the Context of Low Unemployment
The latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held by the Federal Reserve (Fed) concluded with the decision to maintain ...
Trump, Pulte Push for Resignation of Fed Governor Over Alleged Mortgage Fraud
President Trump is demanding the resignation of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook following Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill ...
Slower Rent Growth Persists, but Construction Headwinds Could Give Way to Competitive Landscape
Tariffs on building materials such as lumber and steel and subsequent rising construction costs could keep homebuyers out of the ...
Total Canadian Lumber Tariffs Raised to More Than 25%
Tariffs touch a wide range of imported goods, but one product the real estate and construction industries have been keeping ...
FMLS: Continued Challenges Impact Housing Market Amid Elevated Mortgage Rates, Tariff Pressures
Georgia-based First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS), one of the nation’s largest MLSs with over 57,000 members, has released its July ...
Business Leaders Report Tariff Anxiety, Split on When It Will End: Survey
The next big chapter on tariff policy is scheduled to come on Friday, August 1, when the latest pause on ...
Consumer Confidence ‘Stabilizes’ as Future Pessimism Recedes
Consumers’ views on the economy are stabilizing as of late, as reports say that negativity toward the future is decreasing, ...
Smart Kitchen Gadgets Worth Buying…and Ones to Avoid
“The smartest kitchen is not the one with the most gadgets,” says one expert on kitchens. “It is the one where every product has a job, every surface is easy to use and the person cooking does not feel surrounded by things that are in the way.” Read more.
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