Mortgage defaults level off in June, FHA new defaults down 15%

There were almost half a million more home sellers than buyers in the U.S. in June, equal to 48.5% more. That means buyers hold the negotiating power.  The number of homes listed for sale hit its highest level since 2020–but more buyers entered the market, too, which is why the seller-buyer gap didn’t change much…

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Taylor Farms bagged salad mixes for sale at a grocery store in Hercules, California, US, on Friday, July 17, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Taylor Farms is voluntarily recalling iceberg lettuce in 27 states because the greens potentially could be contaminated with cyclosporiasis. The fruit and vegetable producer announced the move…

Foreclosure inquiries have increased for the third consecutive quarter, reaching their highest point since March 2020, according to LegalShield data. Historically, actual foreclosure filings tend to follow this index by one to two quarters. LegalShield attributes this rise to the conclusion of pandemic-related Federal Housing Administration (FHA) relief programs last fall. Borrowers who lost these…

Consumer spending has become less about confidence and more about financial capacity, and that shift is giving banks and payments providers a clearer map of growth opportunities. That is one of the clearest messages from “The Three-Speed Consumer Economy: How Financial Capacity Is Rewriting Spending Behavior,” the latest Consumer Expectations Index from PYMNTS Intelligence. Traditional…

By Sammy Hudes Colliers Canada’s second-quarter market outlook, released Wednesday, says the national office vacancy rate fell for the fourth consecutive quarter to 13.4%, while industrial vacancies tightened for the second straight quarter to 3.3%. Colliers says these trends suggest the commercial real estate market is undergoing a “steady and measured” recovery driven by occupier…