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Nevada has one of the highest rates of credit card debt in the country, according to a new study as the issue takes center stage during an election year.

A new Wallet Hub study found that Nevada households have the 5th highest rate of credit card debt in the country with an average of $12,832 and the state has approximately $13.7 billion in ...Read more

San Diego’s status as one of the nation’s most expensive rental markets is on shaky ground.

The median rent for a San Diego County one-bedroom apartment was $2,220 a month in January, down 5.5% in a year, said Zumper’s national rent report. That ranks San Diego metro at No. 9 in the real estate website’s priciest markets — down from ...Read more

Sheleko Maynard was riding on a bus, worried about the possibility of spending another year living alone outside in a tent when she got a call: She had been accepted into a tiny home community in Sacramento and could move in the next day.

That was about a year ago. The 75-square-foot dwelling gave her a heater, a bed to herself and a desk she ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- After moving to Los Angeles from Palo Alto in 2023 with only a standing desk and a bed frame, Tess van Hulsen and Andrew Chait learned quickly how to furnish an empty rental without buying anything new.

Because they love thrifting, decorating together was actually fun for them.

Two years later, their love of thrifting, antiquing...Read more

Once again, artificial intelligence is dominating investors’ attention in the stock market. These days, however, the focus is turning more and more toward companies that may get disrupted by the new technology rather than those who stand to profit from it.

A Goldman Sachs basket of U.S. software stocks sank 6% on Tuesday, its biggest one-day...Read more

Think the real estate market is tough? Working for a real estate giant could be tougher.

The Seattle-based real estate giant Zillow terminated around 200 employees last month for failing to meet performance expectations.

The cuts coincided with widespread layoffs at several Seattle-area companies that sent shock waves through the local job ...Read more

Washington state and King County recorded more evictions in 2025 than ever before — a sign that the affordability crisis is deepening.

The number of eviction cases filed in Washington courts rose to 23,965 in 2025, a 3% increase from 2024. The increase was significantly greater in the Seattle area.

Eviction cases grew by 12% to 8,732 in King...Read more

When Marble Manor opened in the early 1950s, the Las Vegas public housing complex offered modern homes with up-to-date kitchens, bathrooms, heating and cooling.

It had everything needed for “comfort and clean living,” a newspaper columnist wrote, noting it served people who had been living, or just existing, in “paper-box or cardboard ...Read more

Rocket Companies, which acquired Seattle-based Redfin last year, allegedly pressured agents to steer buyers toward its loans — even if the loan terms were unfavorable for their clients, a lawsuit claims.

In the lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, three homeowners from Georgia, North Carolina ...Read more

As Los Angeles grapples with a housing shortage, it could learn from San Diego, which has proved better at convincing construction companies to build more.

The city is more welcoming to developers, industry insiders say, with fewer regulations and fees, better planning and less rent control.

"It is easier to build in San Diego over Los Angeles...Read more

The Federal Reserve left interest rates alone at its first meeting of the year, keeping borrowing costs at a multiyear high for Americans as policymakers grow more cautious.

The decision means Fed policymakers will keep their benchmark rate in a target range of 3.5-3.75%, pausing a recent string of three rate cuts that began in September 2025. ...Read more