Your Social Security check will rise an average of $75 a month — will it be able to keep up with inflation?

A Los Angeles-based matcha cafe chain has signed a retail deal for its first New York City location in Manhattan’s East Village. Archives of Us has leased 2,400 square feet at Highpoint Property Group’s 84 Second Avenue, where it will act as a cafe and retail presence for the matcha brand, according to landlord broker…

New vehicles parked at a production base of SAIC General Motors Corporation Limited on Sept. 11, 2025, in Shanghai, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images A new report casts serious doubt on whether a wave of Chinese cars and SUVs will hit the U.S. by 2030, let alone well into the next…

Elevated borrowing costs that have suppressed refinance activity since April continued to do so in August, newly released data shows, as purchase loans comprised around 4 in 5 mortgage rate locks for a fourth consecutive month. The mortgage rate for 30-year fixed-rate loans that conform to Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s underwriting guidelines ended August…

The pricing impact on individual loans has already proven material. Alex Elezaj, executive vice president and chief strategy officer at United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) in Pontiac, Michigan, told Mortgage Professional America‘s May analysis of VantageScore’s real-world impact on broker lending and LLPA pricing that the score differential translates directly to borrower savings. “If somebody was here with…

There are times when you can understand the argument being made by a Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member even if you fundamentally disagree with the conclusion they have reached. However, I am increasingly struggling to understand Huw Pill’s apparent determination to push bank base rate (BBR) higher in the current environment. To be fair…