Tag: Market

The 2026 Housing Market: Why That Big Scary Crash is Still a Ghost Story

Posted on February 17, 2026 by Mason Carter

I’ve spent the past decade monitoring the American housing market like a hawk, and if I had a dollar for every insufferable person who said the sky was falling, I’d have enough money to make a down payment in Palo Alto. It is mid-February 2026, and the air is heavy with that familiar anxiety. It’s a phrase […]

Why That Car Refinance “Ding” is Just a Speed Bump on the Road to Savings

Posted on February 16, 2026 by Lawton Calloway

I was sitting across from a friend last Tuesday—let’s call him Mike—who was staring at his phone as it had just insulted his mother. Mike had finally pulled the trigger on a car refinance. He’d dropped his interest rate from a staggering 12% to a much more manageable 6.5%, saving himself about $140 a month. […]