Anyone expecting inflation to have peaked by now got a rude surprise this week. The latest inflation report showed prices in May rose 8.6% from a year ago — the fastest rate in 40 years.Add to that declining stocks, climbing interest rates and global economic troubles caused by Russia’s invasion […]
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While home prices are steadily climbing in San Antonio and beyond, you can still find some homes for $210,000 in the 210 area code. A single-story home about a block from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, built in 2003, was listed for sale at that price on Feb. 17. The 1,380 […]
It is notoriously difficult to find an affordable, freehold landed house (or even a reasonably-priced leasehold landed one!) in Singapore, especially in Bukit Timah, which has many GCB enclaves. Hence, when I saw a freehold landed house listing at around $3 million at Hillview Garden Estate, I immediately thought of […]
It’s always a good idea to find ways to refresh your space or add character to your home. While you may know how you want your home to look, it can be a struggle find the right staples to pull your space together. Lowe’s is helping to address your decorating […]
Photo: istockphoto.com Inflation—a steady uptick in prices for goods and services, and the corresponding dip of our purchasing power—is higher now than it has been for decades. In October 2021, the consumer price index (CPI) increased 6.2 percent from the previous year, a spike not seen since 1990, according to […]
When Florence Chan left New Jersey for Wisconsin in 2015, she never imagined she would move back to her home state. Ms. Chan, 28, a UX designer, grew up in Milltown, a borough outside the city of New Brunswick, and attended college just down the road, at Rutgers University. Like […]