• Lower mortgage rates support steady new home sales,Logan Mohtashami

    Lower mortgage rates support steady new home sales

    After a long delay caused by the government shutdown, we finally have a new home sales report for October! The report shows that lower mortgage rates, which are now moving toward 6%, are helping to keep new home sales steady, similar to what we see in the existing home sales market. New home sales a

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  • Cost of retirement comfort soars, leaving most far short,Jonathan Delozier

    Cost of retirement comfort soars, leaving most far short

    Retirement is widely portrayed as the reward for decades of work, but many Americans who have already stopped working say that promise is slipping out of reach. Rising costs and inadequate savings are reshaping expectations — and fueling fears — about life after work, according to findings from a re

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  • Builders greet 2026 squeezed by policy flux and margin erosion,John McManus

    Builders greet 2026 squeezed by policy flux and margin erosion

    By the time the homebuilding industry reaches Super Bowl LX on Sunday, Feb. 8, the stakes will be unmistakable. That date marks more than the unofficial kickoff to Spring Selling Season, for U.S. homebuilders large and small. It signals the point at which months of price capitulation, incentive laye

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