High interest rates are one of the most significant hurdles buyers face when jumping into the housing market right now. As anyone who has bought a home in recent years knows, interest rates have more than doubled since 2020. For a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, you’re looking at an average interest rate of somewhere between 6% […]

Today’s high interest rates have created a ticking time bomb for the many homebuyers who took out an adjustable-rate mortgage near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. About 330,000 homeowners who took out an ARM in 2019 have already seen their five-year fixed-rate term end, and another 100,000 will join them next year, according to […]

Women would rather accept the “singles tax” than the couple. The “singles tax” — the highest costs singles pay to support themselves financially — recently rose to over $7,000, according to Zillow, but women would rather stay on their own. A new study conducted by Qualtrics on behalf of Intuit Credit Karma found that while […]

Supermarket giants could face fines of up to $10 million for breaching the Food and Nutrition Code of Conduct in new laws aimed at holding the supermarket sector accountable. Set to be introduced into parliament on Wednesday, the statutory fines will be the highest corporate penalties under any industry code, which navigates how supermarkets conduct […]

Shares of Google parent Alphabet fell more than 6% on Thursday after the Justice Department asked a federal judge to order the sale of Google’s Chrome web browser – one of several tough legal remedies aimed at breaking up the Big Firm’s monopoly Tech on internet research. In addition to the search giant’s web portal, […]

Okay, boomer! Most Americans are overwhelmed and fed up with today’s tipping culture, but some are still more generous than others, according to a survey conducted by personal finance comparison site Bankrate. Nearly 3 in 5 adults have negative feelings about tipping – and dissatisfaction only increases with age. “Older Americans seem to have the […]