• Housing market inventory is rising across most of the country—just look at these maps

    Want more stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the free, daily ResiClub newsletter. Last month, there were 694,820 active U.S. homes for sale, according to Realtor.com. That’s up 24% from March 2023 (562,444 active listings). But on a regional level, the year-over-year shift in housing market inventory varies a lot. In Nevada, active listings are down 26% from where they were a year prior, as markets like Reno and Las Vegas tightened up following a brief...

  • Moving home? Our top tips for a stress-free house move for pets in North Yorkshire

    Now as part of National Pet Month in April, housebuilders Barratt and David Wilson Homes have teamed up with the UK’s leading animal charity, RSPCA, to provide pet owners with advice to make moving home as stress-free as possible for animals. Sam Wood, Sales Director at Barratt and David Wilson Homes, said: “We want our customers’ home moving journey to be as stress-free as possible, and that includes keeping their pets happy! That’s why we’ve teamed up with the RSPCA to ensure a happy move all...

  • Soundbites: Burlington Record Plant On the Move

    Justin Crowther comes across as a humble man. Speaking about the decade-long history of the business he helped launch in the Queen City's South End, the owner and founder of Burlington Record Plant claimed little credit for his venture's accomplishments. "I don't like to talk about legacy or things like that," Crowther said about starting a boutique pressing plant in Burlington in 2014, as vinyl began staging its grand 21st-century comeback. "But if there's one thing I'm proud of, it's...

  • Welcome to the United States House of Parliament

    Mike Johnson (R-La.) starts this week looking less like speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and more like a European prime minister. Partisan politics, at least as they’ve been understood in the United States, are flipped on their head. Johnson’s plan to sacrifice American border security to pass $95 billion in foreign aid is on its way to the Senate, powered by a coalition of House Republican and Democrat appropriators, and over the objections of both his voters and the majority of...

  • Edinburg moves city attorney in-house

    Just two weeks after Edinburg announced the pending departure of Edinburg City Attorney Omar Ochoa, officials moved toward changing how the city attorney office will function.

  • Moving to Universal Health Care, Beginning in the States

    One of the greatest systemic failures in the U.S. is healthcare. Even after the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act: + 26 million Americans, or 7.9% of the population, still lack health insurance. + 51% of working age adults have difficulties affording health insurance. + 38% of working age adults delayed or skipped needed More

  • Report: Iowa's housing market more affordable than other states

    (The Center Square) - Iowa's housing market is the 17th most competitive in the country, according to a new study released Thursday by the Common Sense Institute of Iowa. The Iowa Housing Competitiveness Index is based on four factors, the organization said: "The percentage of permits as a share of the housing deficit/surplus; the housing deficit/surplus as a percentage of the population; the hours required to pay a monthly mortgage; and the number of hours of work required to...

  • States move to label deepfake political ads

    New Hampshire is now one of at least 39 states considering measures that would add transparency to AI-generated deepfake ads or calls as political campaigns intensify ahead of the November presidential election.

  • States move to label deepfake political ads

    New Hampshire is now one of at least 39 states considering measures that would add transparency to AI-generated deepfake ads or calls as political campaigns intensify ahead of the November presidential election.

  • Editorial: No positive signs in discouraging state of housing

    As spring moves into full swing, the season that traditionally generates the most home-buying interest can’t dissipate the clouds of limited inventory, rising prices and stubbornly high mortgage rates that conspire to perpetuate this state’s housing crisis. And all signs point to a continuation of this untenable situation, which makes home ownership an unattainable goal […]

  • House Moves to Sanction Iranian Terror Proxies

    A coalition of nearly 50 Republican House lawmakers on Monday filed legislation that would impose sanctions on 11 Iranian terrorist proxy groups operating across the Middle East, according to a copy of the bill obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

  • 'I just don't think he executed': Rodriguez roughed up by Halos

    ANAHEIM -- Grayson Rodriguez had been on some kind of roll heading into Tuesday’s start against the Angels. Dating back to the second half of the 2023 season, Rodriguez’s 2.59 ERA was tied for the second-lowest among qualified starters, while his 2.7 Wins Above Replacement (FanGraphs) and 2.95 FIP were