US home sales rebound slightly in February U.S. home sales picked up slightly in February but remain sluggish due to tight inventories, affordability problems and nasty winter weather. More
US home building is surging, but job growth isn't The resurgent U.S. housing market has sent builders calling again for Richard Vap, who owns a drywall installation company. Vap would love to help - if he could hire enough qualified people. "There is a shortage of manpower," says Vap, owner of South Valley Drywall in Littleton, Colo. More
Mortgage Interest Rates Today, April 27, 2024 | Are Rates Really Going to Fall in 2024? These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Even with recent high inflation readings, we still could see mortgage rates go down later on this year. 04/26/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Mortgage Rates Recover Some of Thursday's Weakness After Friday's Economic Data As 2024 has progressed, economic data--especially inflation data--have made it increasingly clear that rates will not be coming down nearly as soon as the Fed (and the market) expected. Rates are ... 04/26/2024 - 10:21 am | View Link
Stubborn Inflation Could Prod Fed to Keep Rates High for Longer Fed officials typically keep a close eye on a measure that strips out food and fuel costs, both of which are volatile, to get a sense of the underlying inflation trend. That “core” measure increased ... 04/26/2024 - 9:07 am | View Link
AGNC Investment: A Coiled Spring Before Rates Come Down (Upgrade) AGNC Investment's profit prospects are improving, with a bullish trend seen in its stock price and consecutive growth in tangible net book value. See more here. 04/25/2024 - 9:22 pm | View Link
Weekly Mortgage Rates Are Up, but Prices Are the Real Villain Mortgage rates continued to rise for the week ending April 25. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.23% APR, up seven basis points from the previous week's average, according to rates ... 04/25/2024 - 12:38 pm | View Link
Compare Today's Current Mortgage Rates | Zillow The table below is updated daily with current mortgage rates for the most common types of home loans. Compare week-over-week changes to mortgage rates and APRs. 04/26/2024 - 9:24 am | View Link
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Compare Current 30-Year Mortgage Rates | U.S. News 30-year mortgage rates are interest rates offered on home loans with 30-year repayment terms. Today’s rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages are in the upper 6% to low 7% range for buyers with ... 04/26/2024 - 9:16 am | View Link
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Today's 30-Year Mortgage Rates | Zillow National 30-year fixed mortgage rates go up to 7.06%. The current average 30-year fixed mortgage rate climbed 11 basis points from 6.95% to 7.06% on Thursday, Zillow announced. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate on April 25, 2024 is up 5 basis points from the previous week's average rate of 7.01%. 04/25/2024 - 8:59 pm | View Link
Industry experts share techniques for cultivating a positive work experience
Incivility is on the rise, fueled by factors such as widening political divides and less-than-social behavior on social media platforms. While uncivil behavior takes an emotional toll on people, it’s also bad for business. Recent data shows that nearly two-thirds of workers have experienced incivility in the past month and that such conduct between employees hinders productivity and ultimately hurts a company’s bottom line.
As baby boomers have aged, they have accumulated more assets leading to more discretionary spending.
Since retiring two years ago, Joan Harris has upped her travel game. Once or twice a year, she visits her two adult children in different states. She’s planning multiple other trips, including to a science fiction convention in Scotland and a Disney cruise soon after that, along with a trip next year to neolithic sites in Great Britain.“I really have more money to spend now than when I was working,” said Harris, 64, an engineer who worked 29 years for the federal government and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Being the punchline in a fictional story doesn’t always work out for brands (ask Peloton), but why waste a good marketing opportunity when you’re on a roll?
Jerry Seinfeld has spent decades eating and writing jokes about Pop-Tarts.
California’s character performers don’t have consistent scheduling, requiring them to take on Hollywood-related gigs to make ends meet.
During three years of working as a parade performer at the Disneyland Resort in Southern California, Zach Elefante always has had a second or third job to help him earn a living. Unlike the experiences of his peers at Disney’s parks in Orlando, Florida, where there is a much smaller talent pool, the performers who play Mickey Mouse, Goofy and other beloved Disney characters at the California parks aren’t always provided a consistent work schedule by the company.
Beginning in August and continuing through the fall, route reductions will impact cities including New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Dallas-Fort Worth.
If you were planning on jetting off to Europe or other destinations this fall, your options for getting there just became fewer. That’s because American Airlines has said that it will reduce service on some long-haul international flights to certain cities beginning in August.
Workers are seeking pay hikes and a reversal of pandemic-era staffing cuts.
Unionized hotel workers demanding significant pay raises will rally on May Day in 18 U. S. and Canadian cities, as talks are beginning with operators Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide Holdings, and Hyatt Hotels Corp.