Can the housing market weather Iran conflict 2.0 and higher rates?

Real estate agents are ethically obligated to leave personal interest at the door when helping their client buy or sell property, but what happens when the perfect house hits the market, and an agent involved in the transaction is eyeing it for themselves?  This dilemma took center stage in Austin, TX, when the city’s top…

I’ve spent years covering what Cathie Wood is buying. The widely followed aggressive growth investor makes it easy. As the co-founder, CEO, and chief investment officer at Ark Invest she routinely publishes her firm’s daily trades across all of its ETFs. Today I want to talk about some of her recent sell decisions. Ark lightened…

by Calculated Risk on 1/08/2026 08:30:00 AM The DOL reported: In the week ending January 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 208,000, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 199,000 to 200,000. The 4-week moving average was 211,750,…

The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a rule to make e-delivery the default option for registrants (including broker/dealers and advisors) when dealing with the agency (and with investors). The rule has been long-awaited (and often-discussed), and Chair Paul Atkins said in a statement that the change would “substantially reduce paper, printing and postage costs for…

By Sammy Hudes That’s down 4.3% from June 2025, marking the 21st consecutive month of year-over-year declines, according to the latest monthly analysis from Rentals.ca and Urbanation, which is based on asking rents across the former’s listings network. It’s the lowest average price for June in four years. The report also said rents have declined…