Mortgage payments now make up 40% of the average household income – the highest levels in over 30 years. U.S. pending home sales have fallen to a new all-time low

Mortgage payments now make up 40% of the average household income – the highest levels in over 30 years By the classic rule of keeping payments under a third of income, about 70% of Americans today can’t afford a mortgage Housing affordability is at a breaking point pic.twitter.com/qwn079KFPb — Bravos …

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Frozen worm comes back to life after 46,000 years.

It seems unthinkable that anything could live after tens of thousands of years in hibernation. The discovery of a tiny creature in the Siberian permafrost has sparked conversations about how resilient life can be. In a recent breakthrough, researchers determined that a worm which had been frozen for about 46,000 …

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In the past 30 years, MSFT was under water for 16 years

If you invested in the S&P 500 in 2000 you basically didn’t turn a profit until 2013. Gotta add incrementally if you’re investing passively. In the past 30 years, MSFT was under water for 16 years byu/Fun-Marionberry-2540 inwallstreetbets h/t Expensive-Anxiety-63

For years, Democrats have weaponized the DOJ against their political enemies. Now the tables are turning.

Rep. Garcia, Sen. Schumer, and other Democrat leaders—the same ones who preach about accountability—are now facing serious legal trouble. .@RepRobertGarcia is now under investigation by the DOJ for threatening Elon Musk with violence. Garcia should be censured and then expelled from Congress. He should also be deported since he originally …

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Luxury homebuilder says more than 70% of business is from wealthy move-ups and empty nesters with years of home price appreciation. The rest are rich millennials

Home prices and mortgage rates are high but haven’t hampered demand for what Toll Brothers calls its “luxury niche.” That niche is made up of empty nesters, rich millennials, and wealthy buyers who are inoculated from housing market swings. “Demand for our homes continues to be supported by our affluent customer base,” Toll …

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The Fort Knox situation is an unsettling one—50 years since anyone physically checked the gold, and the silence is deafening.

And not just Fort Knox. The U.S. Treasury claims another 3,550 tonnes of gold is held in West Point, Denver, and NY Fed . None of these locations have been physically audited either. Not to mention the ESF Gold Swaps… https://t.co/9no0cTIISP — Ronan Manly (@BullionBrief) February 16, 2025 Fort Knox …

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FDA approves new type of non-opioid pain medication, 1st of its kind in more than 20 years

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved a new type of prescription pain medication for adults to treat moderate to severe acute pain. The drug, called Journavx (suzetrigine) and manufactured by biotech company Vertex Pharmaceuticals, is a non-opioid painkiller, which doesn’t have addictive properties, unlike opioids often …

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LOWER PRICES! NAR – existing-home sales (4.06 million) fell to the lowest level in nearly 30 years, while the median price reached a record high of $407,500 in 2024

Existing-home sales rose 2.2% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.24 million, the strongest pace since February 2024 (4.38 million). Sales grew 9.3% from one year ago, the largest year-over-year gain since June 2021 (+23.0%). The median existing-home sales price progressed 6.0% from December 2023 to $404,400, …

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Senator Cynthia Lummis proposes a strategic Bitcoin reserve: Buy 200,000 BTC annually for 5 years and hold for at least 20 years.

https://twitter.com/Cointelegraph/status/1884300583357628598 Lmao, all the braindead maxis thought the 10AM announcement was about a BTC Strategic Reserve, but it’s just you telling everyone you joined some powerless nonsense subcommittee. I love it! 🤣 pic.twitter.com/wvU0w3M0nZ — Jacob King (@JacobKinge) January 23, 2025