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...
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...
Economic reports often tell a reassuring story: unemployment is low, GDP is growing, wages are rising. On paper, the economy looks healthy. For many...
Where Americans live has always shaped their financial lives. But increasingly, geography isn’t just about cost of living or job opportunity it’s about exposure.
From...
For years, the housing conversation has revolved around one number: mortgage rates. When rates surged, affordability collapsed. When rates began to stabilize, many expected...
