It feels like everyone sold their homes this year. And why not? The property market is up big time. Zillow Research found that the US home market was up 19.5% in 2021 and they are further projecting that 2022 home prices will be up another 11%. For many, getting top dollar for their homes has been
Month: December 2021
Is the pandemic causing a major reshuffling of America’s population? Although we’re seeing some movement, we are at an historic low for household relocations. The bigger population story is lower immigration. The relocation theme was recently sounded by one of our leading urbanists, Richard Florida. Linking to a report from the National Association of Realtors, Florida tweeted that the report provided
In this article WMT WBA Sprinkles has added kiosks to its bakeries across the country, which allow customers to place their own orders and help manage the company’s surge in online orders. Ashley Haguewood When customers buy a cupcake at a Sprinkles bakery, they no longer line up at a cashier. Instead, they type into
U.S. stock index futures indicated a higher start Monday as markets reopen after the Christmas holiday and investors assess the spread of the omicron Covid-19 variant. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose by about 80 points, or 0.2%. S&P 500 futures added 0.4% and Nasdaq 100 futures ticked up 0.5%. Airline stocks fell after a
2021 was a wild year for cryptocurrency. Despite bitcoin’s recent plunge, for example, its price has still risen by more than 70% in the past 52 weeks. More important, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have made tremendous strides, not just in valuation — today the cryptocurrency market capitalization is estimated at $2.5 trillion, more than double a year
Shoppers at a Black Friday sale at the King of Prussia mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 26, 2021. Rachel Wisniewski | Reuters As the year comes to a close, many Americans may be looking at getting serious about their personal finances in 2022. Some may even be wondering if they have a spending
Along with a great many other agencies and private sector offices, Social Security offices shut down and sent their workers to work from home when the pandemic hit in March 2020. But their work-from-home mandate continues long after offices have opened up, driven by a union refusal to agree to return. In some cases, the
by Doug Sheppard Tax Notes State recognizes Harley Duncan of KPMG LLP as its person of the year. In addition to his current position as a managing director at KPMG, Duncan’s lengthy and distinguished career includes stints as secretary of the Kansas Department of Revenue from 1983 to 1988 and as executive director of the Federation of Tax Administrators from 1988 to 2008. Following
Among outgrowths of the pandemic has been an explosion of newcomers to Florida. Many recent arrivals to the state are from urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest U.S., where density and walkability have long been part and parcel of daily life. It’s only appropriate, then, that Florida is witnessing a surge in what might
In this article T DIS CMCSA Ariana DeBose stars as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s new “West Side Story” movie. 20th Century Studios Despite rave reviews, Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” has failed to gain traction with audiences at the box office. In its first three weeks in cinemas, the adaption of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen
Households are sinking deeper into debt. Some of this debt creates especially large financial risks for households. They still need to repay that debt, even if they lose a job or encounter a health emergency, among other unforeseen events. As the pandemic rages on and gains speed again, the chances of such emergencies go up,
Your car may be more valuable than what’s in your portfolio. Used auto prices are rising faster than bitcoin and other assets, according to market researcher Jim Bianco. “If you want to know what the best investment you probably had in 2021, it’s that car sitting in your driveway or in that garage,” the Bianco
Whenever Anne Helen Petersen and her partner Charlie Warzel, both journalists, were on a trip, they’d find themselves talking about moving to wherever they were visiting. “It would happen when we went to Santa Fe and to the Catskills,” Petersen said. “It was every single place.” That told them that they weren’t happy in New
It came upon my wife and me slowly at first, and then, once we noticed it, it was almost impossible to ignore. As just one example of what we saw, when we visited middle-to-upper end destinations in Mexico, we started to notice that bands of young women seemed to be everywhere. We would see them in
Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about why Social Security’s estimates of future retirement benefits may fluctuate, requesting that a benefit rate be recalculated and how rates might increase even after 70. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See more Ask
Innovation districts emerging across the country and the world are in part a recognition close physical collaboration can fuel creativity. Placing innovative-minded folks together in a tight urban cluster devoted to inspiration, imagination and inventiveness is sheer genius. It can foster the kinds of formal and informal connections that spark great ideas. Ask random respondents
In this article JBLU AAL UAL Delta Airlines and an American Airlines planes taxi away from their gate ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 22, 2021. Brian Snyder | Reuters Airlines cancelled more than 300 flights Sunday as disruptions from the omicron variant of Covid-19 continued to
The Jet offers one-by-two luxury seating in its 14-passenger coaches between New York and Washington, D.C., along with at-seat attendant service and UV air filtration. The Jet For New York City resident James Gilmer, 28, long-distance travel by bus usually means something very specific: getting to and from his hometown of Pittsburgh during the holidays.
Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes have dropped dramatically but more work needs to be done, four Democratic Senators led by Senate Aging Committee Chair Bob Casey of Pennsylvania are warning. The deaths have dropped from more than 5,600 weekly from Thanksgiving 2020 to the first week of January 2021 to 425 per week for the
Pueblo, Spanish and contemporary styles combine to achieve a cohesive blend at this flat-roofed home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Built in 1963 and set on a roomy 2.35 acres, the two-story house has been newly outfitted with luxury, entertaining and multi-generational living in mind. The entry is topped with a vaulted wooden ceiling containing
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