A report from CBS 5. "Arizona is still dealing with a major teacher shortage months into the school year, with over 25% unfilled vacancies. Bullhead City has historically below-average housing costs, but Carolyn Stewart, Bullhead City School District superintendent, said…
A weekend topic starting with Business Insider. "Investor Bill Gross warned of more pain for bond investors as US fixed-income assets head for an unprecedented three-year slump. 'The government first threw money out of a helicopter and almost all of…
A weekend topic starting with Oregon Public Radio. "Just before Portland’s City Council approved a ban on public drug use last week, Mayor Ted Wheeler described what he’d observed on his way to work that afternoon: 'The last time I…
A weekend topic starting with Yahoo Finance. "Homebuyers in some cities have no choice but to buy million-dollar homes as prices near all-time highs. A report from LendingTree found that two California cities have larger shares of million-dollar homes than…
A report from Fortune. "The average San Francisco home value is down 11.5% over the past year, and 13.2% from its peak, according to Zillow. For homeowners looking to sell, that spells trouble. San Francisco home sellers are four times…
A holiday topic starting with the Dallas Morning News in Texas. "In 2021 the city’s office of homeless solutions launched an initiative to house 6,000 individuals, and despite the aggressive plan and $72 million, the office’s director said she doesn’t…
A weekend topic starting with Deseret News in Utah. "These days, just about anywhere along the Wasatch Front you can find workers building houses, pounding nails into wood-framed structures, installing sheet rock or putting finishing touches on homes designed to…
A report from the San Antonio Report in Texas. "Almost two years after announcing that Frost Bank would offer home loans again, that new department is 90 people strong and has just begun rolling out three mortgage products in San…
A report from Yahoo Finance. "Thirty-year mortgage rates cross over 7 percent as elevated rates and affordability woes squeeze homebuyers out of the market. 'Right now the mortgage rates are touching that cyclical high level, I don't think it will…
A weekend topic starting with the Coeur d'Alene Press in Idaho. "Some would say there are three categories of unintended consequences. The unexpected benefit, which is a positive, but unplanned, outcome. The unexpected drawback, in which we create a problem…