For decades, financial security followed a familiar script: stable job, homeownership, retirement account, upward mobility. It was linear and asset based.
Younger Americans are rewriting...
Financial stress used to feel episodic. A job loss. A medical bill. A recession.
Today, for many households, it feels ambient.
Not acute enough to trigger...
Housing rarely collapses all at once. It tightens gradually.
A few years ago, the conversation centered on bidding wars and surging prices. Today, the tone...
The headlines focus on rising premiums. The quieter story is availability.
Across parts of the country, households are discovering that the bigger problem isn’t just...
For years, home renovation culture sold a familiar promise. Spend now, build your dream space, and recoup the value later. Open kitchens, spa bathrooms,...