Browsing: affordability

Key insight: U.S. Bank is extending the maximum terms on its home-improvement loans to six or seven years, up from five years previously.What’s at stake: After…

Key insight: A new, slick breed of payday loan app is working to extract profits from people struggling with the affordability crisis. What’s at stake: Lending…

Amid a war in Iran, inflation pressures, a weakening job market and an uncertain outlook for tariff policy, Federal Reserve officials will meet next week and announce…

Key insight: President Donald Trump urged Congress to pass legislation restricting institutional investors purchasing single family homes, following up on his executive order that the legislature…

Hispanolistic | E+ | Getty ImagesEven as experts anticipate more supply in the used car market this year, consumers probably won’t see much relief on pricing.While…

A trader works as the Dow Jones Industrial Average surpasses the 50,000 mark on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York…

Housing affordability challenges are weighing on not only would-be buyers, but also on a growing share of existing homeowners, new data suggests.Late-stage mortgage delinquencies — those…

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought.Kevin Mohatt | Kevin Lamarque | | ReutersSen. Elizabeth…

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People shop at a grocery store in Brooklyn on December 12, 2025 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAffordability has been…