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  • FILE – A home for sale in Sudbury, Mass., is shown on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)Finance

    The housing market just returned to a pre-pandemic status quo that pushes out ‘traditional’ buyers

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • James Lamb works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 7, 2025.Finance

    What is a bear market? How Trump’s tariff blitz caused a market meltdown that could send the S&P 500 to lows not seen since 2022

    By Stan Choe, Alex Veiga, and others
  • A worker carries a piece of trim into a home under constructionFinance

    Builders say Trump tariffs will add $7,500 to $10,000 to the cost of building a home. The outcome? More expensive or smaller houses

    By Alex Veiga, Mae Anderson, and others
  • A cargo ship goes through the Panama Canal’s Cocoli locks in Panama City, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Finance

    BlackRock strikes $23 billion deal to bring ports on both sides of Panama Canal under American control

    By The Associated Press, Didi Tang, and others
  • ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – JANUARY 22: A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4 departs Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for Houston on January 22, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)Finance

    Southwest Airlines prepares its first sweeping layoffs ever, slashing 15% of its workforce

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable with Latino leaders Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Politics

    $25,000 in aid or an immigration crackdown? Harris and Trump battle over how to tackle America’s housing affordability crisis

    By Sally Ho, Alex Veiga, and others
  • FILE – A person walks past the San Francisco Marriott Union Square hotel on July 11, 2019, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)Finance

    Marriott will pay $52m and boost security to close probes over data breaches that affected 300 million customers

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) seal at the organizations' headquarters in Washington, DCFinance

    America’s largest owner of single-family rental homes agrees to pay $48m to settle claims it saddled tenants with hidden fees

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • Hunter Biden is pictured outside the court room wearing a dark navy suit and tie.Politics

    Hunter Biden avoids tax trial with surprise guilty plea

    By Amy Taxin, Deepa Bharath, and others
  • Young loving couple shows the keys to a new apartmentPersonal Finance

    Mortgage rates sink to 15-month low—a glimmer of hope for homebuyers

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • Lina KhanFinance

    Federal judge derails FTC’s sweeping ban on non-compete agreements

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • we’ve just got the keysPersonal Finance

    30-year mortgage rates drop to 6.47 percent—lowest in a year

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • A for sale sign stands outside a residence in Niles, Ill., Monday, July 1, 2024. On Wednesday, July 3, 2024, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Personal Finance

    30-year mortgage rate climbs to just under 7%, pushing up borrowing costs for the first time since May

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
  • An open house sign sits outside a home in the 18000 block of Weston Place in Tustin, CAFinance

    Real estate agent commission rules are about to change, shifting costs between buyers and sellers

    By Alex Veiga, Heather Hollingsworth, and others
  • people looking at laptopFinance

    The huge $418 million realtor settlement means you can find a home online without having to pay a buyer’s agent commission

    By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press