Workers Want Offices that Look Like Their Living Rooms
Why go back to an office if your chair is comfy and you’re 10 steps away from coffee? To entice workers, office remodels are adding lounges, green spaces and gyms.
PPP Is Gone – But Government Help for Small Businesses Isn’t
PPP loans – the best-known business aid of the pandemic – ended May 31. But there are other options, such as EIDL or SBA 7(a) loans, plus local or state grant programs.
HUD Settles Case Alleging ‘National Origin’ Discrimination
HUD’s complaint focused on a Phoenix-area renter who said their landlord didn’t provide needed language services. The owner will pay $34K and update procedures.
New Homes in a Few Small Markets See a Drop in Demand
In a couple areas, builders that broke ground on new homes earmarked for city-fleeing residents are seeing a drop in demand and cutting prices.
How Many Shadow Homebuyers Pulled Back Temporarily?
Some buyers have seen tons of homes, put in multiple bids, lost out each time, gave up and signed another one-year lease. That doesn’t mean they don’t still dream about owning a home; it means they’re burned out on the buying process and will be back after they recuperate.
Business Economists Less Optimistic Over Next Year’s Growth
Most economists in an annual survey agree that the U.S. economy will continue to grow next year. Two out of three predict 3%-5.9%, but 1 in 3 says only 0.1%-2.9%.