Your 3% Mortgage Rate Is Crippling the Housing Market

Published on September 25, 2026

The US housing market has been stuck in neutral for nearly four years, with sales of new and existing homes plodding along at a historically slow pace. One explanation is that the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in the US passed 6% four years ago and has stayed above that ever since, creeping past 7% this week.

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The ETF Survival of the Fittest: Record Launches Meet Accelerating Delistings

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United States Seeks Mexico’s Review of Alleged Denial of Workers’ Rights at Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mexico, S.A. de C.V.

September 25, 2026
WASHINGTON – The Office of the United States Trade Representative has invoked the Rapid Response Labor Mechanism (RRM) in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to review whether workers at Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (Yokohama), located in the state of Coahuila, Mexico, are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. This follows the