Buying Home and Auto Insurance Used to Be Routine. It’s Becoming a Nightmare.
Listen to article(2 minutes)After Allstate suffered billions of dollars in losses and failed to get the rate increases it wanted,...
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Black Friday Deals Start Early, but Shoppers Are Choosy This Year
Millions of Americans are headed to stores on Black Friday, but retailers are navigating through a holiday season in which...
Target Tries to Find Its Mark After a Year of Misfires
Updated Nov. 13, 2023 11:46 am ETAll isn’t merry and bright this holiday season at Target.The Minneapolis retailer known for...
High Rates, Low Supply Hinder Home Buying This Summer
Existing home sales, which make up most of the housing market, decreased 3.3% in June from the prior month to...
Americans Curb Spending on Home Improvements
Home Depot warned that its annual sales will fall for first time since 2009. The company said demand for home-improvement...
U.S. Home Sales Post Record 10th Straight Month of Declines
EconomyU.S. EconomyNovember existing-home sales fell 7.7% as Fed keeps raising interest rates Source link
NRG Energy to Buy Vivint Smart Home for $2.8 Billion
MarketsDealsNRG will look to cross-sell and bundle the two companies’ energy and home-security products Source link
Home Prices Slid in September for Third Straight Month
EconomyU.S. EconomyCase-Shiller index fell 1% in September from August amid higher interest rates Source link
Home Depot Sales Up 5.6% in Third Quarter
BusinessEarningsHome-improvement retailer logs logs higher sales despite fewer transactions Source link
Soaring Inflation Pushes Halloween Candy Prices Scary High
Soaring inflation has already strained home buyers, drivers at the gas pump and people buying plane tickets.Now it’s coming for...
Buying a Home Gets Easier in a Cooler Market—for Those Who Can Afford It
The potent mix of challenges facing buyers has slowed the housing market, but millions of homes are still changing hands...
Mortgage Rates Rise to 6.7%, Highest Since 2007
Mortgage rates rose to their highest level in more than 15 years, a new high since the 2008-09 financial crisis...
Everyone’s a Landlord—Small-Time Investors Snap Up Out-of-State Properties
Jack Cronin found San Francisco-area homes too expensive or too far from the city center to buy when he lived...
Bidding Wars Overheated the Home-Buyer Market, Now They’re Coming for Renters
When Donna Jones and her husband looked to rent a home in Northern Virginia in February, they often received the...
What It Takes to Buy Your First Home Now
Dylan Holland and Breanna Cameron started shopping for their first home in the Atlanta suburbs in December 2021, with a...
Prologis to Buy Duke Realty in $26 Billion Deal, Including Debt
Prologis will gain properties for its portfolio in key areas with the transaction, including Southern California, New Jersey, South Florida,...
Target Warns of Weaker Profit as it Faces Overstuffed Stores, Inflation-Weary Shoppers
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They Came, They Hiked, They Stayed: Retirees Lift Fortunes in Rural America
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn.—Tom and Barb Hansen’s search for a retirement spot reads like the script to a road movie. California’s...
WSJ News Exclusive | Blackstone Bets on Campus Housing With $13 Billion Acquisition
Blackstone Inc. agreed to buy student-housing owner American Campus Communities Inc. in a deal valuing the company at about $12.8...
Homeowner Groups Seek to Stop Investors From Buying Houses to Rent
Small groups of neighborhood volunteers are blocking companies from buying single-family homes, rewriting homeownership rulebooks to thwart investor purchases of...
