Core inflation remains elevated and could move higher as Pres. Donald Trump prepares to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico.
Real Estate
California wildfires expose how climate change is breaking insurance systems, threatening financial stability, and demanding new risk models.
The L.A. wildfires will drive rents higher as housing becomes more scarce, but federal aid can help mitigate increases.
Buffalo, New York, fueled by affordability and job growth, tops Zillow’s hottest housing markets for 2025 — for the second straight year.
The Department of Justice alleges RealPage enabled landlords to collude using software algorithms, illegally inflating rental prices nationwide.
Cost of living, housing, and school quality are driving young families from cities like New York to Austin, Raleigh, and other “baby boomtowns.”
Home insurance rates rose 11% in 2023 as climate change intensifies severe weather, raising costs and threatening real estate values.
Mortgage rates jump as 10-year Treasury yields rise, straining affordability for buyers despite the Fed’s recent rate cut.
China’s economy has slowed due to weakening domestic and foreign demand and a real estate crisis. It now seeks new technologies to drive growth.
China’s central government will be forced to wean the country’s economy off its dependence on the real estate sector.