Christmas 2023 -- brought to you by Visa, Mastercard, Amex, and Discover. Consumer debt topped $5 trillion for the first time ever in November as Americans continue to kick the financial can down the...
Foreclosure filings were reported on 357,062 residential properties in 2023, according to a new report from ATTOM. This represents a 10% increase from 2022 and a 136% spike from 2021, but it was also ...
Minutes of the Federal Reserve’s December 2023 meeting, released Wednesday, show broad agreement that the central bank is done with raising interest rates, reported the Wall Stree...
Money markets are betting on 3% federal funds rate for years. Silver lining: That would still be good news. Listening to discussions about what will happen with interest rates in 2024 is like walking...
High interest rates, ongoing inflation, and recession threats – all of these impacted commercial real estate in 2023. Will the same be true in 2024? Not necessarily. In its “10 Critical Q...
Where will the Fed take interest rates next year? The Federal Reserve stands at a pivotal juncture as it deliberates on its interest rate policy for 2024. In the wake of tumultuous economic shifts br...
The big lesson is to be careful about when you’re sure you’re right because there may be ruts in the road. Following the back-and-forth of economists arguing these days over how smooth a ...
Banks are expanding their efforts to restructure CRE loans to avoid losses from the commercial real estate sector. Delinquent commercial real estate (CRE) loans at U.S. banks are on the ris...
“We are no longer in a rising-tide lifts-all-boats market,” according to Yardi Matrix. It’s going to be tough for apartment operators to maintain occupancies in a slowing economy, a...
Jeffrey Gundlach, a billionaire bond trader, called the 10-year’s drop below 4% a ‘fire alarm.’ Trying to follow the economy at the moment is like watching a ping-pong game sped up ...