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13 Signs Your Home Is Losing Value

If you’re like many homeowners, your house is your single largest financial investment, so it’s only natural to protect that investment and hope it gains in value. According to Realtor.com, in a healthy economy the average home will appreciate 3 to 4 percent each year. But not all homeowners are that fortunate; some homes lose value. If any of the following descriptions apply to your house or community, you could be among the unlucky homeowners whose property is declining in value.

Inside the NYC penthouse Anne Hathaway is selling for $3.5 million

The Oscar-winning actress bought the co-op apartment with her husband, Adam Shulman, for $2.55 million in 2016.

50 best U.S. cities to live

Local governments bear some degree of responsibility for neighborhood safety, economic vitality, the presence and condition of public spaces, and a wide range of other amenities and services that affect the daily lives of local residents.

Inside $5,000-a-month San Francisco apartments with voice-activated beds and drop dressers

Two-bedroom apartments at The Landing are outfitted with modular ceiling systems designed by San Francisco startup Bumblebee Spaces.

First the white picket fence, then maybe marriage and kids

The share of homeowners who are single has hit a record high despite rising prices. Many buyers pair up or rent out space.

50 worst U.S. cities to live

For most of us, where we live is determined by only a few factors, including our proximity to family and friends, career demands, and where we have history.

Here's why the coronavirus market sell-off is happening now

Technical trading and the rise of Bernie Sanders appeared to help fuel Monday's pullback.

'Nail in the coffin': Era of big oil sands mines may be over

Canada’s oil sands industry may have already built its last big mine.

This chart is the best explanation of middle-class finances you will ever see

Can't understand why people feel financially stressed in a booming economy? Check this chart out.

Economy faces a coronavirus challenge as markets swoon

As an uptick in the number of coronavirus infections outside China sent markets swooning on Monday, attention quickly turned to how the Federal Reserve and the United States government would assess — and even address — the economic fallout.

Millions of Chinese firms face collapse if banks don't act

Brigita, a director at one of China’s largest car dealers, is running out of options. Her firm’s 100 outlets have been closed for about a month because of the coronavirus, cash reserves are dwindling and banks are reluctant to extend deadlines on billions of yuan in debt coming due over the next few months. 

Some of world's biggest economies on brink of recession

Markets closed out last week on an anxious note. It's not difficult to see why: The coronavirus continues to spread, and there are signs that some of the world's top economies could slide into recession as the outbreak compounds pre-existing weaknesses.

Your free TurboTax alternative now belongs to TurboTax

Intuit just spent $7.1 billion to buy Credit Karma, the popular free credit monitoring and tax filing service

Coronavirus plunge wipes more than $230B from Big Tech stocks

Altogether, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and Google, six of the most valuable U.S. companies, lost over $200 billion.

Oil tumbles on demand concerns as coronavirus spreads

GLOBAL-OIL/ (UPDATE 9, PIX):UPDATE 9-Oil sinks 4% on demand concerns as coronavirus spreads

Coronavirus fears could push mortgage rates past 4-year low

As coronavirus fears hit financial markets, U.S. bond yields are tanking, pushing mortgage rates that loosely follow the 10-year Treasury yield toward a four-year low. They could sink even lower.

Drugmaker delivers coronavirus vaccine for human testing

Moderna has shipped the first batch of the company’s rapidly developed coronavirus vaccine to researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Glass, once the king of packaging, seeks a comeback

The backlash against single-use plastics is giving glassmakers hope that they can stem a decadeslong decline in the use of bottles and jars. First they have to boost poor glass-recycling rates that undercut the material’s environmental pitch.