Browsing: affordability

Key insight: U.S. Bank is extending the maximum terms on its home-improvement loans to six or seven years, up from five years previously.What’s at stake: After…

Key insight: A new, slick breed of payday loan app is working to extract profits from people struggling with the affordability crisis. What’s at stake: Lending…

Amid a war in Iran, inflation pressures, a weakening job market and an uncertain outlook for tariff policy, Federal Reserve officials will meet next week and announce…

Key insight: President Donald Trump urged Congress to pass legislation restricting institutional investors purchasing single family homes, following up on his executive order that the legislature…

Hispanolistic | E+ | Getty ImagesEven as experts anticipate more supply in the used car market this year, consumers probably won’t see much relief on pricing.While…

A trader works as the Dow Jones Industrial Average surpasses the 50,000 mark on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York…

Hill Street Studios | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesHousing affordability challenges are weighing on not only would-be buyers, but also on a growing share of existing homeowners,…

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought.Kevin Mohatt | Kevin Lamarque | | ReutersSen. Elizabeth…

President Donald Trump called Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Monday to work together on capping interest rates on credit cards.”He said he wanted to work on…

People shop at a grocery store in Brooklyn on December 12, 2025 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAffordability has been…