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The most significant home price gains over the past 40 years are concentrated in coastal markets. Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Source link
Well, that’s a first. That phrase could have been said many times during these highly unusual presidential campaigns. And the White House firsts will continue through Election Day, whether it’s Kamala Harris or Donald Trump who is elected. Each party can make history by winning the election, whether for reasons of precedent or infamy. Possibly […]
Doug Mattison just wanted to cancel his gym membership. The 59-year-old could no longer afford the monthly fee, so a year after he signed up, he went back to the gym’s website to cancel it. But it didn’t have an option for members to cancel online, so he called the gym and was told he […]
Lower-income consumers, by contrast, have been disproportionately squeezed by higher-priced rent, groceries, and other necessities, leaving them less able to spend on discretionary items. It’s a trend that has surprised many: Why, despite being squeezed by high prices, have Americans kept spending at retail stores and restaurants at a robust pace? Source link
(ANALYSIS) One year ago, on the last day of the celebratory Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles), the unthinkable happened, and a living hell was unleashed on the people of Israel. That was Oct. 7, 2023, a day that will live in infamy in the decades to come, a day that has still not ended for the […]
American Jews think Vice President Kamala Harris would handle the Israel-Hamas war better than former President Donald Trump by a wide margin — 54% to 36% — according to a new poll, but most also see Trump as more supportive of Israelis. The national poll, conducted for the Forward by CHIP50, an academic consortium of experts […]
(ANALYSIS) There’s a famous (paraphrased) saying from St. Augustine, “Pray as though everything depends on God. Works as though everything depends on you.” It’s one that I have used on various occasions in various venues. It’s one that certainly plays an important role in the bigger question of how much people of faith should get […]
Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group said Friday it is entering a new phase in its fight against invading Israeli troops, as the region reckons with the killing of top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a battle with Israeli forces in Gaza. Hamas acknowledged Sinwar’s death and described him as a martyr. Sinwar was a chief architect […]
Change comes slowly to Vatican II Vatican II began in 1962 much like Vatican I: an all-clerical, all-male assembly. Women initially sought influence in similar ways as well. Every night the Belgian journalist Betsie Hollants made a pot of soup and held open house for the council fathers. Soup broth and red wine were cheap, […]
Former President Donald Trump on Friday was in the middle of telling an arena full of diehard supporters what his favorite word in the dictionary is, when his mic abruptly cut off. Trump then spent nearly 20 minutes shuffling around the stage at his rally in Detroit, Michigan, as his fans alternated between chanting his […]