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Berkshire Hathaway buys more homebuilder stocks but slashes stakes in banks and dumps all its holdings in alcoholic beverage maker

Berkshire also reduced stakes in supermarket operator Kroger, steel manufacturer Nucor and dialysis giant DaVita.

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The housing market just split in two: Prices are falling out West and soaring in the Northeast

Home list prices have dropped 7.3% in the West since 2022 but climbed 12.6% in the Northeast, according to Realtor.com data—even as the national...

09.07.2026 10

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Congress just passed the most significant housing bill in decades, so why won’t Trump sign it?

Congress passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act 358-32 and 85-5 this week. Trump canceled the signing ceremony.

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Mortgage rate rises to 6.52% from 6.48%, near yearlong high

Rates have been mostly trending higher since the conflict between the U.S. and Iran began in late February.

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Home sales are finally recovering and outpacing economists predictions even as mortgage rates remain high

Sales rose 3.2% compared with May last year.

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Single Gen Z women are destroying their male counterparts when it comes to buying their first house

The National Association of Realtors looked at the data and found Gen Z women are nearly twice as together when it comes to homebuying.

20.05.2026 10

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The American housing market is broken—and 3 years in, it’s starting to look permanent

Energy prices, inflation fears, and a housing market that can't catch a break.

11.05.2026 10

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In this buyer’s market, one home seller took an offer $10,000 below asking price, covered $5,000 in closing costs, and paid for $12,000 in repairs

“The war in Iran has seriously complicated the spring buying season,” said Joel Berner, senior economist at Realtor.com.

04.04.2026 10

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Oil price moderates after Macron, as leader of G7, confirms ‘the use of strategic reserves is an envisaged option’

It's still climbing to levels not seen in years, though, over $100 per barrel, with the war in Iran entering its second week.

09.03.2026 10

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How ‘dumb money’ took over stock markets: $5.4 trillion of retail activity took place in 2025

All told, money coming into the market from individual investors jumped about 50% from 2023 to early 2025, JPMorgan found.

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The mortgage rate just hit its lowest level in over 3 years—and it’s still over 6%

Sept. 8, 2022, was the last time the average rate was below 6%.

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Now that she’s retired from the Fed, the government says former Gov. Adriana Kugler violated ethics rules by trading stocks

The transactions are outlined in a report released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, which reviewed Adriana Kugler's financial disclosures.

16.11.2025 20

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The housing market, workers, and the economy are all stuck

“It’s not healthy for the economy that people are staying put,” said Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at Redfin.

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Now is the worst time to flip a home. It hasn’t been this bad in nearly two decades

Real-estate investors are still hooked on flipping, though.

26.09.2025 10

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Here’s what the Fed rate cut means for your mortgage and the housing market

Mortgage rates have been mostly falling since late July on expectations of a rate cut by the central bank. Here it is.

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‘The era of Fed independence would be over,’ Cook’s lawyers warn while asking court to reject Trump’s ouster bid

“A stay by this court would therefore be the first signal from the courts that our system of government is no longer able to guarantee the...

14.09.2025 20

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Stocks retreat from all-time highs after new inflation report shows prices remain elevated

The S&P 500 fell 0.5%. The benchmark index is set to end August about 2%, which would be its fourth straight month of gains.

29.08.2025 20

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The S&P 500 hit an all-time high just before Nvidia earnings

The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, good enough to nudge the benchmark index past the record high it set two weeks ago.

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Delta stock soars as it brings back profit outlook, pulling airlines up with it

Delta’s encouraging report boosted the entire airline sector. Delta surged 12%, United jumped 10.1%, American climbed 7.9% and JetBlue rose 4.8%.

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