The price of housing in the United States has been growing exponentially in recent decades, pricing out many Americans. Those who grew up thinking that they would enjoy the same…
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The re-inflation of the US housing bubble is proceeding apace, thanks in no small part to the unprecedented level of previous support from the Federal Reserve. Zillow Research, a real…
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You know you are back in an economic bubble when the mortgage finance industry wants to enable financially inexperienced consumers to obtain mortgages worth tens or hundreds of thousands of…
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An interesting public-relations ploy in the mortgage finance industry is to never refer to rising prices as inflation. Instead, industry representatives always refer to it by the more palatable, and…
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The latest Republican effort to overhaul the US tax code includes provisions to help businesses thrive and create a more favorable environment for creating more American jobs. The Tax Cuts…
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With Congress feeling heat from President Donald Trump to get a tax reform package to him by Thanksgiving, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) unveiled the Tax…
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Another week, another effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, another political collapse. Here’s what happened so far this week on socialized health insurance on the federal level. Republicans tried…
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Just about anywhere you go to eat these days, there are two words you’re likely to hear: “gluten free.” The bakery where you get your morning muffin has an assortment…
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The older you get, the more of a challenge it is to keep yourself fit. But that doesn’t mean that deteriorating is inevitable. By adopting the right habits, there’s no…
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You’re trying to use your credit card to pay for something, but it’s been declined. You know you’re nowhere near your limit yet, but the bank says you’ve exceeded it.…