by Jiana Smith | Apr 15, 2024 | Featured, Inflation, Retail
The U.S. Census Bureau will release its monthly retail sales report on Monday. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect a 0.4 percent gain in retail sales for March. Thus far, retail sales have trended softer this year than in 2023, with an unexpected 1.1 percent drop...
by Anastasia Tomkin | Apr 1, 2024 | Featured, Housing, Personal Income, Uncategorized
Jay, a tech executive from Virginia Beach, had simple criteria for where he wanted to live: somewhere with a solid tech presence, decent weather and spacious, reasonably-priced housing. He was stunned by the high cost of homes in places like Seattle and San Francisco....
by Max Rivera | Mar 30, 2024 | Featured, Housing
San Diego, home to 300,000 active or retired military, and a close to $1 million median area home price, has seen veterans emerge as highly competitive buyers thanks to changes in the VA loan program. Vanya Cook-Letoud, 38, is in rare company: a homeowner twice over...
by Laura Turbay | Mar 27, 2024 | Featured, Inflation
Consumer prices rose slightly faster in February, a signal for the Fed to hold cutting interest rates. Prices rose 0.4% from a month earlier in January and increased 3.2% from a year ago, according to the Labor Department. That rise in prices was slightly higher than...
by Elisa Muyl | Mar 25, 2024 | Featured, Manufacturing
Embed from Getty Images A manufacturing boom in New Mexico is likely to bring jobs and growth to the state – but it may also exacerbate an existing housing crisis. The boom is partially due to the Biden administration’s 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, which is aimed at...
by Jiana Smith | Mar 20, 2024 | Featured, Inflation, Uncategorized
Fashion stylist Daun Green started her company Dusk ‘Til Dawn in her home in 2015. However, as she booked more film and photo shoots and found herself carrying more supplies, she knew she needed a change of pace–a truck and a showroom. Green decided to apply for a...
