High interest rates are one of the most significant hurdles buyers face when jumping into the housing market right now. As anyone who has bought a home in recent years knows, interest rates have more than doubled since 2020. For a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, you’re looking at an average interest rate of somewhere between 6% … Read more
Shares of Google parent Alphabet fell more than 6% on Thursday after the Justice Department asked a federal judge to order the sale of Google’s Chrome web browser — one of several legal remedies aimed at breaking the Big Tech firm’s monopoly over internet search. The stock’s decline signaled anxiety on Wall Street about Google’s … Read more
Today’s high interest rates have created a ticking time bomb for many homebuyers who took out an adjustable-rate mortgage near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. About 330,000 homeowners who took out an ARM in 2019 have already seen their five-year fixed-rate term end, and another 100,000 will join them next year, according to ICE … Read more
A photo of a banned plane seat has garnered a lot of attention online after a confused passenger took to Facebook to ask why the seat next to him was mysteriously off limits. The middle seat in the back row of a Croatia Airlines Airbus A220-300 (seat 31E) has a stern message sewn into the … Read more
Women would rather accept the “singles tax” than the couple. The “singles tax” — the highest costs singles pay to support themselves financially — recently rose to over $7,000, according to Zillow, but women would rather stay on their own. A new study conducted by Qualtrics on behalf of Intuit Credit Karma found that while … Read more
Small towns are experiencing a resurgence, with the largest number of Americans moving out of metro areas for the first time since the 1970s — many in search of a more neighborhood feel. Now, a community is being built with this ethos in mind. In 2023, according to University of Virginia researchers, about 291,400 people … Read more
It’s a very good parental move. Maggie Katz, a mother of two and content creator, recently revealed that she refuses to use the word “pretty” when she lets her daughter wear makeup. In a viral TikTok video that has garnered more than 67,000 views, Katz explained that she tells her 3-year-old daughter Lila that she … Read more
Cheryl Mehrkar was an “adrenaline junkie” who enjoyed being a master scuba diver and riding her 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster in North Carolina, Maine and near her home in Dutchess County. She had also achieved a fourth degree black belt in karate and practiced skydiving and skydiving. Now, Mehrkar has a new achievement for her unusual … Read more
Okay, boomer! Most Americans are overwhelmed and fed up with today’s tipping culture, but some are still more generous than others, according to a survey conducted by personal finance comparison site Bankrate. Nearly 3 in 5 adults have negative feelings about tipping – and dissatisfaction only increases with age. “Older Americans seem to have the … Read more
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