Your credit ‘report card’ and how it affects your home buying future

12/01/2023

Making buying a home a reality depends on several factors — many of them numbers. Home prices, mortgage rates, down payments, and time frames to name a few. But there is a lesser-known figure that can be the deal maker or breaker: your FICO score...

How can an entire family share a single bathroom and stay sane?

11/28/2023

Considering the world has evolved from outhouses to indoor plumbing to multiple bathrooms, you’d think seeing one family share a single bathroom was something third-worldly. But you’d be wrong...

Markets start off with mild boost on economic data

11/28/2023

The September Case Hiller Metro City Index showed their sample data had a YOY gain of 3.9% versus estimates of 4.0%. The September MOM FHFA Housing Price Index gained...

Markets will be focused on inflation this week

11/27/2023

MasterCard SpendingPulse showed that retail sales on Black Friday were up 2.5% year/year while Adobe Analytics estimated growth of...