Existing housing supply builds as homeowners with sub 6% mortgage rates return
Lower mortgage rates are helping to build much-needed housing supply. (iStock) Mortgage rates are expected to fall faster than initially expected, which could help build much-needed housing supply. However, recent reports suggest that some homeowners have already sold. The percentage of mortgages with interest rates below 6% has fallen to 88.5% from a record high […]
Burma’s military government to draft 60,000 people yearly, existing forces spread thin
Burma’s military junta announced on Wednesday that it will conscript 60,000 young men and women into military service each year under a new conscription law, with recruitment starting after the country’s traditional April festival marking the start of the new year. Announced. The conscription was activated on Saturday by the order of the ruling party’s […]
Biden ‘Can Fix’ Border Now, ‘He Already Has the Existing Laws’
On HBO’s “Real Time” broadcast Friday, host Bill Maher said President Joe Biden is pretending that new laws are needed to fix the border, saying, “The president is He already has the current law.” “Republicans are acting like they want to fix this problem, but Democrats have said their bluff,” Maher said. A lot of […]
How existing laws can help the US recover technology stolen by China
For generations, China has appropriated American technological discoveries, built new industries from those new technologies, and sold them around the world, including to us.Many cutting-edge technologies led by China, such as lithium-ion and lithium iron phosphate battery and Solar power, it was not invented in China. They were primarily found in America and received significant […]
Existing home sales in 2023 sank to lowest levels since 1995
As mortgage rates rose to the highest levels in more than 20 years and prices hit record highs, putting homeownership out of reach for many Americans, previously resident U.S. home sales fell to the lowest level in nearly 30 years in 2023. The National Association of Realtors announced Friday that the total number of existing […]
Existing home sales tumbled to lowest level since 1995 last year
FOX Business real estate contributor Katrina Campins discusses whether the housing market is on the brink of a boom after the Fed hints at lower interest rates on “Making Money.” Existing US home sales After rising the previous month, it fell in December, ending the worst year for the housing market in nearly 30 years. […]
America’s teacher shortage exacerbates existing inequities in education
Stories about the national teacher crisis have been making headlines lately. Many people suggest a teacher workforce crisis caused by low retention rates and a small number of qualified teachers. While the reality of the devastating teacher shortage continues to be debated, it is clear that teaching is not a profession for the faint of […]