Inflation may be easing, but October’s 7.7% increase in the U.S. consumer-price index compared with a year earlier was still being driven largely by higher shelter costs. Consumer prices rose Read more
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What the latest Federal Reserve interest-rate increase means for your holiday spending plans and Instagram influencer Jay Mazini pleads guilty to running $8 million Ponzi scheme and crypto scam
Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. Instagram influencer Jay Mazini pleads guilty to running $8 million Ponzi scheme and crypto scam Mazini, whose real name is Jebara Igbara, amassed Read more
New York has the most expensive rents in the U.S. This city is No. 2…
Rents in Boston are soaring past housing costs in famously pricey California cities like San Francisco and San Jose, making it the country’s second most expensive city for tenants, according to Read more
Rents in these cities and states actually declined in September and a ‘silver lining’ in the housing market: Homes are spending more time on the market
Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. Rents in these cities and states actually declined in September Rental prices are starting to cool off, though they’re still up nationwide from Read more
Rents in these cities and states actually declined in September
More than 60% of statewide markets measured by Rent.com saw rents drop in September compared to August — another sign of prices cooling down after soaring to dizzying highs earlier Read more
Landlords are charging tenants ‘pet rent’ and $600 fees. Some pet owners, already under pressure from rising rents, are not happy.
With rental prices rising nationwide, there has never been a better time to examine how high housing costs impact everyday Americans. The Rental Trap is a new MarketWatch column profiling tenants’ Read more
Housing still has ‘a lot of wiggle room’ in a recession, even with mortgage rates near a 20-year high, according to this investor
Mortgage rates that briefly touched a 20-year high this week aren’t likely to crash this U.S. housing market, according to Al Otero, portfolio manager for HAUS, Armada ETF Advisors. Instead, Read more
High rents and Fed’s inflation fight to push key mortgage rate above 7%: BofA Global
America’s housing shortage and the Federal Reserve’s inflation battle look poised to push the benchmark 30-year mortgage rate above 7%, according to strategists at BofA Global. More than a decade Read more
No more New York: People are trying to flee the Empire State for warmer destinations. Here’s why.
New York, maybe the people don’t quite love you anymore. According to a new report by moveBuddha, a site where people can calculate their moving costs, New York lost more Read more
Rents fell in August for the first time since November 2021, but tenants are still struggling. Here’s why.
For the first time since November 2021, U.S. median monthly rents failed to notch a new record high and even fell a little compared to the previous month — by Read more
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