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I lost $11,300 to identity fraud. What I learned: Usual safeguards don’t work.
Someone stole my identity — and $11,300. What I discovered is that the many steps we take to protect our personal data don’t always work.
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Why healthcare workers continue pushing US job gains higher
Healthcare workers are helping to drive a red-hot jobs market. The reason has a lot to do with how your local hospital now operates.
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One key reason inflation is cooling: Immigrant workers
Investors would be wise to track the flow of immigrants as they assess the future direction of interest rates and the US economy.
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The tax credit that could do more for American pocketbooks than any New Year’s resolution
Restoring the enhanced child tax credit, a pandemic-era measure, could go a long way to helping financially vulnerable Americans.
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Homebuilder confidence deteriorates again in November — but could the worst be over?
More builders classified housing conditions as poor than good in November. But the gloom may be coming to an end soon.
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Mortgage rates edge lower for first time in roughly two months
The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage decreased to 7.76% from 7.79% the previous week. That breaks a seven-week streak of increases.
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Student loans: Early data shows repayments are already taking a toll
The data provides the earliest indications of the kind of impact those repayments could have on both households and the economy
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Mortgage rates edge even closer to 8%, levels not seen in more than two decades
The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage increased to 7.63% from 7.57% the previous week, Freddie Mac reported.
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Housing: Existing home sales sink in September as mortgage rates keep buyers and sellers in place
Sales of previously owned homes dropped 2% from August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.96 million.
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Builders added more homes last month, but future activity could wane
New residential construction, including single-family homes and multifamily, increased 7% month over month in September to 1.358 million units.
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Homebuilders feel lousy about housing conditions — except for maybe the biggest ones
Homebuilder pessimism deepened this month as mortgage rates reached 23-year highs.
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Pinched homebuyers turn to adjustable-rate mortgages to make the payment math work
The volume of ARM applications jumped 15% last week from the previous one.
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Homebuying activity slumps to lowest level since 1995
The volume of mortgage applications for a home purchase last week was the smallest in 28 years.
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A troubling share of Americans aren't paying their credit cards in full: survey
J.D. Power found that 51% of Americans can’t pay off their entire balance each month and instead let it revolve to the next month.
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Mortgage giant Fannie Mae says a recession is still coming at the end of the year
Fannie Mae's analysts have predictions on the economy, where home prices are going, and if mortgage rates will fall.
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Americans' retirement confidence 'the lowest it's ever been'
BlackRock found that only 56% of folks say they feel on track for retirement, down from 63% in 2022 and 68% in 2021.
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Student loans: Biden unveils Plan B after Supreme Court strikes down forgiveness
The Biden administration unveiled three efforts to help student loan borrowers.
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There's a clear winner in today’s housing market. Hint: it's not the buyer.
A fistful of housing data this week essentially declared who is winning in the current housing market. It’s certainly not homebuyers, who are picking through too-few choices to buy at still-high prices and elevated mortgage rates. It’s not sellers, many of whom are not even in the game. The winners: The homebuilders.
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Housing's inventory problem got a little better in May for buyers and renters
New construction of both single- and multi-family units jumped 21.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.631 million units in May.
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Homebuilders are liking today’s housing market
Builder confidence pushed into positive territory for the first time in 11 months, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index.