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China has been the favorite international economic whipping boy for decades. Artificial currency devaluation, cheap manufacturing thanks to questionable human […] The post China&rsqu… Read More

We should have reached the tipping point by now, said Polly Toynbee in The Guardian. Usually, during a major NHS crisis, “prime ministers crumple when people die – as they have i… Read More

Back in 2013, banking giant HSBC released a report exploring the state of the global pension market. This sought out more than 15,000 respondents across 15 countries, while its results revea… Read More

Renters living in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Boston need the biggest income increases in 2017 to keep up with rising rents, according to a new Zillow analysis. In each of these metros, renter… Read More

The post Movie Review – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 appeared first on The Scribbling Geek. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 doesn’t expand the saga of its quirky characters. It… Read More

As reported by Morningstar Credit Ratings, as the institutional residential rental market matures, so does the dominate geographic location of new purchases. At the same time, key sources of… Read More

Who first coined the phrase, “It’s a small world”? I’ll wager that whoever it was, surely they would never have envisioned cramped and encroached upon much of our pla… Read More

Fannie Mae says that young adults are finally beginning to flee the nest in their droves, with the number of those millennials who’re moving out from their parent’s homes gr… Read More

The rise in real estate prices this year has largely been blamed on the low inventory of available homes for sale, but a new report from the National Association of Home Builders says that&r… Read More

1st January 2014 Cassie The Blog Dog and I have just been for a walk. Cassie to burn off some her exuberant joie de vivre and me to burn off the calories and the after effects of last night… Read More

Owning your own home, owning your own business, and being a landlord, these are all part of the American dream. But as you know, it’s just a dream. The reality is that achieving these… Read More

Have you about ever thought of traveling or visiting another country? If so which country and why? Europe or Asia maybe? It has been stated that North America, specifically the United State… Read More

In my teens … I believed that reaching the age I am now was an eternity away. In my twenties … life was sweet … a little out of control, but I was living it to the… Read More

Although lots of people are interested in using or incorporating smart home technology, the actual growth of this market is still relatively slow according to an article in dealerscope.com… Read More

The House voted on Thursday to roll back many of the banking rules under the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, which increased regulatory oversight of financial institutions. Some lawmakers argue the… Read More

MBO Partners recently released its 7th Annual State of Independence in America study.  This report looks at the world of independent workers, including self-employed workers, part-time… Read More

Most Americans and Canadians believe their governments aren’t doing enough to provide affordable housing for their populations, according to a new survey by Habitat for Humanity. The r… Read More

The low-income and young struggle to enter the housing market. There isn’t any surprise in that. It has always been a challenge for first time buyers and will remain a fact going forwa… Read More

Mastering your money has a lot more to do with psychology and mindset than we might think. That’s what Napoleon Hill preached in his bestselling 1937 book “Think and Grow Rich,&r… Read More

When you hit your thirties, you might still feel young and invincible. The scary truth is that you are halfway to retirement. It is time to put the money foolhardiness of your twenties behin… Read More

When real estate is bought with all cash, buyers have a lot more flexibility and are able to take many more shortcuts. When Wall Street funnels billions into securitized bonds this becomes r… Read More

Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell has said the U.S. housing finance system is putting taxpayers at risk, calling the situation “unsustainable” and demanding more reforms. A… Read More

Renewing a lease instead of moving to a new apartment can mean major savings for renters. Those who moved in the past year paid an average of $3,946 more in 2015 on rent than renters who sta… Read More

When searching for additional streams of income either to pad your salary or improve your prospects during retirement, many people look towards investments. Of course, you should start with… Read More

July 11–AMMAN — The rift among Gulf countries has caused a loss of over JD6 million to the local trucking industry over the past month, a sector leader said on Monday. President… Read More

Perhaps the next biggest financial crisis that is about to burst and come to head is the trillion dollar United States student loan debt. If these loans come into default even at 10%, then… Read More

After nine years, I have stepped down from the Board of ReSurge International.  ReSurge International sends Reconstructive Surgeons to help the poor around the world and at the same ti… Read More

While home prices across the US have generally recovered from the economic crisis, not every segment or market has recovered equitably. Some types of homes and some regions have fared far b… Read More

Rising rents in the nation’s booming urban areas are creating crisis levels of homelessness that will continue or even accelerate as rents rise, Zillow research has found. The connecti… Read More

At the very height of the recent housing crisis, Brazilian real estate buyers purchased large amounts of Miami property helping to eliminate the surplus inventory that according to an articl… Read More

Rural Americans are increasingly staying put. The finding was the highlight of a University of Chicago study that found the overall mobility of the U.S. population has fallen to its lowest l… Read More

The annual summer trend of renters moving to a new home is following the normal pattern. While the children are out of school, renters tend to relocate. This observation is based on Mornings… Read More

Robert Garnham: Insomnia is awful. But on the plus side – only three more sleeps till Christmas. Dan Antopolski: Centaurs shop at Topman. And Bottomhorse. Paul Savage:&nb… Read More

The next great recession could soon be upon us! Zillow is reporting that it believes there’s a 73 percent chance that the next U.S. recession will begin by the end of 2020, according t… Read More

“The Long Haul: A Trucker’s Tale of Life on the Road” by Finn Murphy; W.W. Norton (256 pages, $26.95) ___ No matter how spiffy our facade, some people see us in crisis, at… Read More

How do you ‘leave work at work’ when you sleep with your business partner? Creating work-life-balance is the holy grail for all of us small business owners, but for business par… Read More

Tweet According to an Apartment List survey of 24,000 people in 2016, around 80 percent of millennial renters want to buy a property but are unable to afford the mortgage & down payment… Read More

Millions of women in the sandwich generation are thrown into a crisis when they must navigate the waters of caring for ill and aging parents. I was ill prepared for my mother’s dec… Read More

How to make your business take off This is the first is a series of 12 posts on this topics that will follow in weekly sequence from this introductory post, and it also relates to last week… Read More

Social Media Marketing –  Tips to Make Your Small Business Stand Out There’s no doubt that you use social media in your personal life, and probably at some level to prom… Read More

“Relationship problems are like hurricanes. They come and they go. You have the freedom to wallow in mud or to love again, to live and to be happy!” Master Choa Kok Sui When two… Read More

New Zealand is set to introduce a ban on foreigners buying existing homes in the country, due to a housing affordability crisis that’s come about as a result of soaring real estate pri… Read More

You need home insurance in the event of destruction or serious damage to your home. Insurance will cover replacement costs preventing a financial crisis in your life. Keep your home insuranc… Read More

High quality liquid assets (HQLA) have gained increased attention from regulators, liquidity managers and collateral managers following the 2008 financial crisis. Banks have been require… Read More

Ai Weiwei’s Gilded Cage in Central Park (All Photos By Gail) Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has a new series of public art sculpture installations up in Manhattan and across th… Read More

It’s not a lack of inventory that is a challenge for families trying to find a home to buy in rural areas, but rather being able to afford what is available. A new study found that ru… Read More

Those hoping for relief from the ongoing inventory crisis won’t find it in 2018. At least, not if you believe Zillow’s latest forecast of what’s in store for real estate ov… Read More

Over the past 20 years, the opioid crisis has been growing at a dangerous level. One recent study found that the number of Americans with opiate addiction has grown by almost 500% since… Read More

When two people are in love they share intense empathy for the other. So it’s only natural that when your spouse is going through times of trouble and distress, you feel their pain… Read More

Happy End of 2017, Disney Fans!     Well, I hope all of my Disney friends had a happy and magical holiday! Did anyone get surprised with a Disney trip reveal???    … Read More

Throughout this article, I used the data coming from Google web searches to try to understand the phenomenon of cryptocurrencies – Bitcoin in particular – and how it is evolving… Read More

Welcome to Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health and medical science news. Sign up here to have this newsletter delivered to your inbox… Read More

There is mold everywhere – in your home, at your workplace environment, a trace on your clothing – they’re literally everywhere; as long as there are moisture and oxygen in… Read More

Just over ten years on from the collapse of Northern Rock, the chaos and financial crisis that followed will never be forgotten. In order to prevent a repeat incident there was a big cla… Read More

When I was twenty, my hero was Alan Greenspan. I know you might think who in the world – at twenty years old – has such a hero. The point is that economists and central bankers a… Read More

(Image Source) Chronic pain is often a debilitating condition which can have a significant impact on a patient’s quality of life as well as their prospects for the future. Treating an… Read More

Many people think that life is very unfair. Here you are working hard and yet your income is not even enough to buy you an ice cream. On the other side of the coin, you know someone who doe… Read More

Hotel Digital MarketingOι υπηρεσίες Hotel Digital Marketing συνεισφέρο&upsi… Read More

My fevorite quotes from “Manias, Panics and Crashes”: “Swindling increase in economic booms because greed appears to grow more rapidly than wealth: it’s as if th… Read More

There is an Opioid Crisis in North America and it’s affecting two factions of people – the ones who take and use opioids illegally and the ones who use and take opioids legally a… Read More