A former senior vice president at the Atlanta Housing Authority, who oversaw one of the largest Section 8 programs in the country, has been sentenced to prison for a massive fraud scheme. Tracy Denise Jones pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit theft of government funds, wire fraud, and credit application fraud in February, and wasRead …
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Market outlook Like the rest of the economy, the housing market found itself facing a familiar foe in May: inflation. April’s consumer price index came in at 3.8%, driven by the Iran war, and inflation nowcasts estimate May’s number will be closer to 4.2%. Rising prices deliver a double blow to consumers, eating away atRead …
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Sticky mortgage rates and rising inflation fueled by the Iran war are testing the limits of the spring housing market’s resilience, but there is a silver lining for buyers as home prices in May experienced their steepest annual drop in at least nine years. The national median listing price has been falling for seven consecutiveRead …
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Connecticut will become the latest state to impose restrictions on private listings, with a new law requiring public marketing of residential real estate. Gov. Ned Lamont signed SB 340 on May 27. The bill requires residential properties of up to four units to be openly marketed and publicly accessible to a multiple listing service orRead …
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The notification comes through in seconds. A few taps on your phone, and the money is gone—your mom’s electric bill, your kid’s school supplies, groceries for a parent on a fixed income, all paid for. It barely registers as a financial decision. That’s the point of apps like Venmo and Zelle. But when you sitRead …
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There is a way to buy a New York City apartment for less than $10,000—and that is not mistakenly leaving out two zeroes. Nor is this a rental. This is homeownership—an actual Big Apple apartment for less money than it would take to buy a small plot of land in the middle of nowhere. TheRead …
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Sporting superstar Serena Williams is making her official comeback to professional tennis later this month—nearly four years after she bowed out of the sport with what was thought to be her final appearance at the U.S. Open in New York. Williams, 44, revealed on June 1 that she has accepted a wild-card invitation to playRead …
The cruelest part of the Great Wealth Transfer may be its timing. An estimated $124 trillion will pass between generations through 2048. But by then, even the youngest millennials—one of the generations expected to inherit the most—will be 52. The oldest will be 67. That may be early enough to cushion retirement, but decades tooRead …
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Almost 60% of young adults have moved back home at some point, but they don’t see it as a failure to launch. They see it as financially savvy. That the path to full independent living is increasingly an ongoing process, strewn with periods of moving out and then back in, is the conclusion of aRead …
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