Elevated mortgage rates and home prices are creating challenges for many homebuyers, and 86% said May was a bad time to buy — a new high in Fannie Mae surveys dating to 2010. At Inman Connect Las Vegas, July 30-Aug. 1 2024, the noise and misinformation will be banished, all your big questions will be [...]read moreNine Out Of 10 Americans Agree: May Was A Bad Time To Buy A Home
Home prices are still soaring as they hit a new record high, despite high mortgage rates and low inventory dampening demand. At some point, this unaffordable housing market must make Americans even a bit bearish on real estate, right? Well, maybe not, according to a new survey that shows what Americans view as the best [...]read moreHome Prices Hit Another Record: Are Americans Still Right?
The data is clear: Older adults, when contemplating future living arrangements, would prefer to remain in their homes as long as feasibly possible. But for those who own homes with features or layouts that may not be conducive to aging in place, some are taking proactive measures — and spending a lot of money — [...]read moreOlder Americans are ‘splurging’ on home modifications to support aging in place
Here at Jalopnik, we know there’s nothing wrong with keeping a beloved old beater running for mile after mile, and we regularly celebrate high mileage heroes. Now, it turns out the rest of America is catching onto this way of thinking as the savings of holding onto an old car for longer begin mounting up. [...]read moreAmericans Are Driving Their Cars To Death In Order To Save Money
Approximately 15 million Americans continue to grapple with medical debt on their credit reports, despite reforms implemented by Equifax, Experian and TransUnion in March 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) revealed in a study published Monday. As of June 2023, about 5% of Americans had unpaid medical bills on their credit reports, down from 14% [...]read more15 million Americans still have medical bills on credit reports
Who should decide what can and cannot be shared on social platforms? Mark Zuckerberg? Elon Musk? The users themselves? Well, according to a new study conducted by Pew Research, a slim majority of Americans believe that social platforms should be regulated by the government. As you can see in this chart, 51% of Americans believe [...]read moreReport Finds Most Americans Favor Government Regulation of Social Media
Who should decide what can and cannot be shared on social platforms? Mark Zuckerberg? Elon Musk? The users themselves? Well, according to a new study conducted by Pew Research, a slim majority of Americans believe that social platforms should be regulated by the government. As you can see in this chart, 51% of Americans believe [...]read moreNew Report Finds Most Americans Favor Government Regulation of Social Media
Finally, something that both sides of the aisle can agree on: social media companies are too powerful. According to a survey by the Pew Research Center, 78% of American adults say social media companies have too much influence on politics — to break it down by party, that’s 84% of surveyed Republicans and 74% of [...]read moreSocial media companies have too much political power, 78% of Americans say in Pew survey
About a third of American households, according to a survey from the Federal Reserve, don’t have $500 in their savings accounts. Because we live in a car-centric society, having your car unexpectedly break down could cause massive financial hardship. If a car in one of these households needs repairs, and there isn’t enough cash on [...]read moreSimple Car Repair Could Mean Financial Ruin For 1/3 Americans
Is a six-figure salary enough to achieve FIRE? If you’re working towards financial independence, you know that any extra money at the end of the month can help propel you to your goals faster, but with inflation eating away most, if not all, of your paycheck, what do you do? If you want to reach [...]read moreAmericans Say THIS Is How Much You Need to Retire (More Than You’d Think)