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Real Estate - Homes

New home market update

Resale activity remains sluggish, and new home sales are down compared to this time last year. While each home sale may feel like a slog, context is still important. The Zonda Market Ranking held at average in June for the sixth consecutive month. While an average ranking may not signal a booming market, it does suggest that consumers are still showing some level of positive responsiveness to builder incentives and/or price cuts.

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Auto-New Domestic

Younger buyers struggle with delinquencies, but lenders still say yes

Auto loan delinquency rates for Gen Z and Millennial car buyers rose slightly in the first quarter of this year, according to TransUnion data, and are higher than those of other age cohorts. But that isn't a major cause for concern, a TransUnion analyst tells WardsAuto.

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Miscellaneous

About 1 in 6 U.S. teachers work second jobs

Many public school teachers in the U.S. are dissatisfied with their pay. That may help explain why a sizable share of them have a second job — and not just in the summertime. For the 2020-21 school year — the most recent year with available data — 16% of full-time public elementary and secondary school teachers in the U.S. worked a nonschool job over the summer.

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