The competition for housing is heating up along with the summer temperatures and continuing to set new records. The average house sold in May went under contract in just 37 days, that’s the fastest reading since Redfin, a real estate brokerage, began tracking the market seven years ago. The previous record, set in April, was […]
Read moreFor the principal part of President Donald Trump’s agenda to get passed, it may take something as dramatic as a sharp stock market pullback, according to one Wall Street analyst. As the political drama heightens in Washington the legislative agenda suffers, leading to fears that tax reform is nowhere near getting done. Trump wants to […]
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