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One way to help American homebuyers? Do what the Dutch do.

Wed, 03/13/2024 - 09:36

Tech Insider : Economy

Homes along a canal in Amsterdam. — Dutch-style mortgages offer something American mortgages don't: automatically lower interest rates as the loan is paid off.
Yasonya/Getty Images

economy, Real Estate, Housing, housing-crisis, home-prices, Rent, Homes

Buying a new car could cost you $7,600 a year on top of the sticker price, nearly double a decade ago

Tue, 03/12/2024 - 10:55

Tech Insider : Economy

A mother pumping gas into a car. — Gas is just one of the costs of owning a car.
Shannon Fagan/Getty Images

economy, finance, new-cars, tesla, ford-f-150, toyota-rav4, auto-insurance

Joe Biden's pre-election spending spree created an 'economy on speed,' economist says

Mon, 03/11/2024 - 10:10

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Joe Biden — Joe Biden faces a November election.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

economy, trending-uk, economy, national-debt, federal-deficit, federal-reserve, interest-rates

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell could wind up deciding the presidential election

Mon, 03/11/2024 - 05:43

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Economy

Photo Collage featuring Jerome Powell holding a scale. On one side of the scale is a picture of Donald Trump, and on the opposite side is an image of President Biden, — Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Matt Rourke/AP; Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

economy, politics, Discourse, Markets, jerome-powell, joe-biden, donald-trump

How the Canadian mortgage model could help unfreeze the housing market

Sat, 03/09/2024 - 06:03

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

house for sale sign — Many homeowners are reluctant to lose cheap mortgage rates by moving house.
Getty Images

economy, Real Estate, economy, real-estate, housing-market, house-prices, mortgage-rates

'Shark Tank' star Barbara Corcoran once made $1.2 million offloading 88 'dumpy' apartments in under 3 hours by treating them like puppies for sale

Fri, 03/08/2024 - 05:29

Barbara Corcoran Ignition 2018.JPG — "Shark Tank" star Barbara Corcoran.
Jin S. Lee/Business Insider

finance, Real Estate, finance, real-estate, shark-tank, barbara-corcoran, Billionaires

We got a 2.6% mortgage rate this year to buy our first home. Here's how we did it.

Wed, 03/06/2024 - 16:34

Grace Lucchese, Mickey Ricard, and their dog in front of home. — Grace Lucchese and Mickey Ricard scored a low mortgage interest rate for the house outside Boston they bought in January.
Courtesy of Grace Lucchese

Real Estate, Mortgages, interest-rates, gen-z, first-time-homebuyers, Homebuyers, Massachussets

A real estate CEO predicts hundreds of banks will fail or be taken over by 2026

Wed, 03/06/2024 - 06:42

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

A customer stands outside of a shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. Silicon Valley Bank was shut down on Friday morning by California regulators and was put in control of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. — Silicon Valley Bank collapsed last year.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

finance, economy, economy, us-markets-and-economy, regional-banks, commercial-real-estate, us-dollar

Americans are paying nearly as much interest on credit cards and other debt as they are on their mortgages

Tue, 03/05/2024 - 12:50

Tech Insider : Economy

credit cards — Non-mortgage interest payments have jumped.
Joe Raedle/Getty Images

economy, Markets, mi-exclusive, credit-cards, interest-payments, interest-rates, Mortgage

Market prophet Gary Shilling warns stocks could crash 30% — and says the odds are 'very much in favor of a recession'

Tue, 03/05/2024 - 07:18

Tech Insider : Economy

Gary Shilling against a yellow-and-orange background. — Gary Shilling.
Bloomberg

Markets, economy, mi-exclusive, Markets, Stocks, gary-shilling, a-gary-shilling-company

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