Americans expect mortgage rates to rise to nearly 10% in the next three years, New York Fed housing survey finds

U.S. consumers expect mortgage rates to rise to near double digits over the next three years, according to a new survey by the New York Federal Reserve. Read More

NY Fed survey finds Americans bracing for higher housing costs

Americans are once again bracing for another round of higher housing costs, amid rising expectations by renters that they'll never be able to buy a house, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on ... Read More

Americans are sitting on a record amount of tappable home equity at $11 trillion — here’s how much cash is trapped in your home

U.S. homeowners are sitting on a record-breaking $11 trillion in tappable equity as home prices continue to reach new heights, according to a new report. Read More

Nearly two-thirds of Americans think local news outlets are doing fine financially, survey finds

A new Pew Research Center survey of more than 5,000 adults, released Tuesday, finds that a fact-free 63% think local news providers are doing very well or somewhat well financially. Read More

54% of young Americans say food costs are the biggest strain on their finances

Younger Americans ... Credit Karma survey. It's perhaps not surprising that food costs have hit younger people the hardest, considering that they've risen by 25% in the last four years, compared with ... Read More

Renters fear they’ll never own a home: Fed survey

The latest SCEO Housing Survey released by the New York Federal Reserve indicates renters' hopes of someday owning a home have plummeted over the past year. Read More

Three In Five Americans Say Marijuana Is Safer Than Alcohol Or Tobacco, Survey Finds

Among past-year consumers, 24 percent reported using cannabis multiple times per a day, 11 percent ... another new survey of Americans' habits, opinions and expectations around cannabis finds ... Read More

Scammers Stole More Than $3.4 Billion From Older Americans Last Year, an FBI Report Says

Losses from scams reported by Americans over the age of 60 last year were up 11% over the year before ... to protect their money they should move it to a new account — one secretly controlled ... Read More

Americans are reluctantly spending $500 a year tipping, a new study says.

Americans spend nearly $500 a year tipping more than they’d like to, according to a new study.  Talker Research, a research and polling agency, recently surveyed 2,000 Americans asking how much ... Read More

How much is ‘tipflation’ costing Americans every year?

Americans spend nearly $500 a year tipping more than they’d like to, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 Americans ... on six occasions (6.3) in the last 30 days alone. Read More

Nearly 2 out of 5 young LGBTQ+ people considered suicide in last year, survey finds

A new survey from ... suicide in the past year, while 12% said they tried to take their own life. The survey by the suicide prevention organization also found young Americans who consider ... Read More