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InvestTalk - InvestTalk 10-13-2023 – Why Is Generation X Falling Behind on Retirement Savings?

“I Will Teach You to Be Rich” from Ramit Sethi

1. Monthly Expenses: Rent/mortgage, Utilities, Medical insurance and bills, car payment, Public transportation, Debt payments, Groceries, Clothes, Internet/cable 2. Open up an investment calculator from bankrate.com. 3. I believe that if you get the Big Wins in life right, you’ll never have to worry about the price of lunch. 4. Buy a house. (Visit zilliow.com) 5. Optimizing your conscious…

To sell your home this spring, it may need more preparation than it would have a year or two ago. Today’s housing market has a different feel. There are more homes for sale than there were at this time last year, but inventory is still historically low. So, if a house has been sitting on the market for a while, that’s a sign it may not be hitting the mark for potential buyers. But here’s the…

The biggest challenge the housing market’s facing is how few homes there are for sale. Mark Fleming, Chief Economist at First American, explains the root causes of today’s low supply: “Two dynamics are keeping existing-home inventory historically low – rate-locked existing homeowners and the fear of not finding something to buy.” Let’s break down these two big issues in today’s housing…

The recent changes in home prices are top of mind for many as the housing market begins gearing up for spring. It can be hard to navigate misleading headlines and confusing data, so here’s what you should know about today’s home prices. Local price trends still vary by market. But looking at national data, Nataliya Polkovnichenko, Ph.D., Supervisory Economist at the Federal Housing Finance…

Whether you’re a first-time homebuyer or a seasoned real estate investor, finding accurate information online can be a challenge. With so many websites offering varying levels of accuracy, it can be difficult to know which one to trust. In this post, we’ll discuss some of the top real estate websites and how they stack up against each other when it comes to reliability and accuracy. Zillow –…

If you’re thinking about buying a home, you might be focusing on previously owned ones. But with so few houses for sale today, it makes sense to consider all your options, and that includes a home that’s newly built. The Number of Newly Built Homes Is on the Rise While there are more houses for sale right now than there were at this time last year, there’s still a historically low number…

No matter how the housing market changes, there are some things about owning a home that never change—like the personal benefits it can provide. When you own your home, you likely feel a sense of attachment because of the comfort it gives and also because it’s a space that’s truly yours. Over the last few years, we’ve fully embraced the meaning of our homes as we spent more time than ever in…