A report from Atlanta News First in Georgia. "Robert Anthony has worked at the Atlanta VA Medical Center since last spring. He took a vacation just last week for his birthday and came back to some startling news. 'I’m terminated,'…
A report from Fox 5 DC. "Housing markets in Washington, D.C. and other areas with high concentrations of government workers have already been impacted by the Trump administration's new policies, according to Redfin agents. Return-to-office mandates for federal workers have…
A report from the Associated Press. "Workers across the country responded with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration 's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay off…
It's Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. "Earlier this week, dozens of probationary employees at the Department of Education, Office of Personnel Management, and the Small Business Administration were fired. Keri Shull, founder of the real estate firm KS…
A report from WBAL in Maryland. "Howard County officials are holding an open house Wednesday night for federal government employees in jeopardy of losing their jobs. 'People are afraid, and they don't really know what their next move is. They're…
A report from the Boston Herald in Massachusetts. "President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will leave the $18 trillion consumer lending market without guardrails and could result in the same sort of financial catastrophe that…
A report from Bloomberg on California. "On a cul-de-sac in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades, what was once a four-bedroom wood-and-stucco house is now a pile of rubble. The property went on the market 10 days after flames ripped through the…
A report from Fox Business. "Sunny skies aren’t shining across America’s real estate market just yet, according to one of the nation’s top experts. 'No one wants to move and [there are] fewer houses to choose from at higher rates.…
A report from the Mercury News in California. "Just a month after she bought her red-doored dream home, Ana Wold’s little gray Boulder Creek house burned to the ground in the 2020 Santa Cruz Mountains firestorm. Now she’s walking away…
A report from Mises.org. "The apartment investment industry—like many other asset classes—recently experienced a massive bubble. Peaking in the period from 2020 to mid-2022, this particular bubble was driven by multiple factors. As a proximate cause, risky bridge loans came…