MIAMI — When South Florida billionaires Ken Griffin and Stephen Ross gathered with business leaders in February, they made a powerful pitch for a different kind of South Florida.

Through a statewide initiative powered by the advisory group Florida Council of 100, Griffin and Ross called on CEOs, billionaires and entrepreneurs to bring and ...Read more

Mortgage rates surged to the highest level since November 2023, further straining a U.S. housing market already hampered by high borrowing costs.

The average for a 30-year, fixed loan jumped 25 basis points from a week earlier to 7.28%, Freddie Mac said in a statement Thursday. The weekly increase was the biggest since October 2022. A year ago,...Read more

Remember when you could get a mortgage for 2.5%?

Those days seem almost as distant as dial-up internet and $1 gallons of gasoline.

Americans are living in an economy where everything is expensive — and the latest quarter-point interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve will make the cost of borrowing money higher too.

“The U.S. is a ...Read more

Credit cards are powerful financial tools that offer an opportunity to build your credit score. It’s no secret, though, that they can also pave the path to a mountain of debt. Forty-seven percent of cardholders carry a credit card balance from month to month, according to Bankrate’s 2026 Credit Card Debt Report — a potentially expensive ...Read more

The U.S. housing market has been stuck in neutral for nearly four years, with sales of new and existing homes plodding along at a historically slow pace. One explanation is that the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in the U.S. passed 6% four years ago and has stayed above that ever since, creeping past 7% this week.

Mortgage rates ...Read more

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. founder Warren Buffett is stepping down as the company’s chairman to be replaced by his son Howard, effectively ending roughly six decades at the helm of the conglomerate.

The billionaire will become chairman emeritus of the company, effective immediately, according to a statement Friday. The elder Buffett will remain...Read more

Hoping to spur apartment construction, Seattle City Council members will soon consider a plan to slash fees developers of new housing pay.

The proposal from Councilmember Dionne Foster, slated for an initial hearing Friday, would temporarily offer developers a 60% to 80% break on Mandatory Housing Affordability fees the city charges on new ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Charmira and Quincy Pilgrim wanted to become homeowners a decade ago when they got married.

But over the years, job losses, jobs that didn’t pay enough, children, unpaid maternity leave, and rising costs of living made saving for homeownership impossible.

They were finally able to start putting money away late last year. And...Read more

Cheryl Palumbo was out shopping for herself and her husband last week to pick up some items she had forgotten the day before at the supermarket — and couldn’t quite believe her bill.

The 78-year-old retiree had already spent $150 and here she was back at her local Ralphs forking over another $70 for fruit, vegetables and other food crammed ...Read more

The U.S. national debt now exceeds $40 trillion — a MEGO number, which stands for "my eyes glaze over." Why should you care? No one else seems worried. Not Congress, for sure. They just keep spending and borrowing more.

There’s always been someone willing to lend us money. The rest of the world — until now — has been comfortable buying ...Read more

Senators from both parties blocked a landmark digital asset market structure bill in a procedural vote Tuesday, sending cryptocurrency stocks tumbling after a major setback for industry.

The long-stalled legislation sought by crypto firms would hand the Commodity Futures Trading Commission the primary authority to regulate the digital assets ...Read more

Legislation that will extend mortgage relief to victims of the January 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires and establish a similar permanent program for disaster victims statewide was signed into law Tuesday by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The mortgage forbearance bills by Assemblymember John Harabedian, D-Pasadena, who represents the devastated...Read more

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield surpassed 5% for the first time since 2023 on Monday, as mounting inflation angst collided with swelling government and corporate borrowing needs.

The yield, a benchmark for U.S. mortgage loans and bonds globally, rose almost 5 basis points to as high as 5.01%, before paring much of the increase as buyers emerged...Read more

A push by the cryptocurrency industry to pass a monumental piece of federal legislation has run into a small, but loud, foe: an army of rural community banks.

Randy Dorn, who leads My Kind of Bank in the small northwest Minnesota town of Battle Lake, is among them and said the legislation as written will create unfair competition for banks like...Read more

Los Angeles renters are looking for a way out, while few outsiders are looking for a way in.

According to a recent Zillow report, L.A. residents are the most likely to be checking out rentals in Las Vegas. They also make up the largest out-of-town demographic window shopping for rentals in Phoenix, Salt Lake City and San Diego.

For L.A. ...Read more

Miami commissioners voted Thursday to get a grasp on short-term vacation rentals operating throughout the city, with the goal of stricter regulation and a shutdown of illegal units causing chaos in residential neighborhoods.

District 2 Commissioner Damian Pardo made the proposal, which instructs the city manager to submit a comprehensive report...Read more