Today’s housing market is a toxic mix of high mortgage rates, high prices, tight supply and strangely strong pent-up demand — and it’s scaring off buyers and sellers alike. Prices were already high, driven by supercharged demand during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now the popular 30-year fixed mortgage rate is at 8%, the
Municipals took a breather Friday and were little changed ahead of a sizable new-issue calendar while underperforming a better U.S. Treasury market. Equities were in the red to close the session. Triple-A yields barely budged while USTs saw yields fall nine to 11 basis points on bonds in the three- to seven-year maturities and smaller
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hamas has released two US hostages captured during its devastating assault on Israel almost two weeks ago, amid intense diplomatic efforts to ease tensions in the Middle Eastern conflict and deliver humanitarian aid to suffering
Bitcoin (BTC) rose above $30,000 on Oct. 20, indicating that the path of least resistance is to the upside. Grayscale Investments filing a new application with the United States Securities and Exchanges Commission for a new spot Bitcoin ETF may have acted as a bullish trigger. In another positive news for the cryptocurrency space, the
A California-based company’s plan to sell up to $500 million of tax-exempt environmental improvement revenue bonds through the Indiana Finance Authority to build a garbage-to-jet fuel facility in Gary is on hold after the company’s bonds for a similar plant in Nevada went into default. Pleasanton, California-based Fulcrum BioEnergy sold about $290 million of environmental
Of all the types of assets, real estate is usually the most emotional. It is, after all, difficult to make memories in a mutual fund (which is a feature of diversified investments, not a bug). So when you inherit a house from a parent, it’s important to recognize the emotional attachment will likely influence your
Moving overseas is often a daunting decision — especially when you have children. Living abroad can be incredibly enriching and open new possibilities by introducing kids to new languages and cultures. But uprooting not just your own, but also your kids’ lives, means even more thought needs to be put into making these big life
Municipals weakened further Thursday as outflows from muni mutual funds lessened, while short-term U.S. Treasury yields fell after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell suggested central bankers could raise rates again, but not at the upcoming meeting. Equities sold off. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Thursday was at 71%, the three-year was at 71%, the five-year at 70%,
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US foreign policy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Joe Biden urged Congress on Thursday to approve a security package for Israel and Ukraine worth tens of billions of dollars, saying America needed to overcome its domestic divisions to protect two vital allies
The impact of the Bitcoin halving on crypto prices is often overestimated and the next halving, set for April 2024, may play out differently than previous ones, according to a leading analyst. The halving event, which every four years, cuts in half the rate by which new Bitcoins are created, and is generally considered one
From privacy coins to shiny iris-scanning orbs, zero-knowledge proofs have become synonymous with crypto, scalability and privacy. In 2022, investors gave over $700 million in funding to companies pushing the envelope with zero-knowledge proofs. This year, ZK-proofs has arguably become one of the biggest blockchain trends, with several major Ethereum scaling protocols hitting mainnet. ZK-proofs
The National Association of Bond Lawyers intends to play a key role in the implementation of the Financial Data Transparency Act, a contentious issue that’s been bedeviling the muni community since it was first proposed. “We are also putting together a taskforce to serve alongside our industry partners and help craft market-wide messaging around the
Ethereum layer-2 scaling solutions Starknet and zkSync are among the few platforms to have increased their total monthly active developer counts over the last 12 months, data shows. While Starknet and zkSync only recorded increases of 3% and 6% respectively, the likes of Ethereum, Polygon and Solana saw their counts fa by 23%, 43% and
Few things compare to the thrill of buying your first home. It’s an exhilarating experience – whether you’re buying a condo, townhouse, McMansion, minimalist, simple-sized home, or something in-between. But if this is your first rodeo, it can be almost overwhelming trying to dot all of the i’s and cross all of the t’s. While
Standret | Istock | Getty Images Net worth surged for the typical family during the pandemic era, largely on the back on higher home and stock prices and government stimulus measures, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday in its triennial Survey of Consumer Finances. Net worth is a measure of household assets after accounting for liabilities.
Municipals faced more pressure Wednesday and two billion-dollar-plus deals for Connecticut and the New York City Transitional Finance Authority saw yields rise up to 12 to 13 basis points from Tuesday’s retail pricings while the third consecutive week of $2 billion plus outflows were reported. U.S. Treasuries saw more losses and equities sold off. Triple-A
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US president Joe Biden landed in Israel on Wednesday amid a storm of recriminations over an explosion at a hospital in Gaza that, according to Palestinian officials, killed hundreds of people and inflamed tensions in
Bitcoin (BTC) is up over 70% so far in 2023, helped by a banking crisis and hopes about a spot BTC exchange-traded fund (ETF) approval in the United States. BTC/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingView So, will Bitcoin price continue to climb for the rest of 2023? Cointelegraph takes a look at its chances and
Ethereum restaking — proposed by middleware protocol EigenLayer — is a controversial innovation over the past year that has some of the brightest minds worried about the potential ramifications. Restaking involves reusing staked or locked-up Ether tokens to earn fees and rewards. The restaked tokens can then help secure and validate other protocols. Proponents believe
Staying in a 5-star hotel is quite the sensory experience. The look, the feel, the smell, the sound (or lack thereof) can create a bedroom environment that you never want to leave. However, you can recreate the same level of lavishness at home. Jay Kallos, SVP of architecture at Ashton Woods in Atlanta, GA, tells
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