Chicken Scratch and Sureste – two new concepts – are now open at St. Louis’ City Foundry food hall
Chicken Scratch focuses on rotisserie-style chicken, and Sureste focuses on cuisine from Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.
The Week Ahead: The Pandemic’s Impact on the Rental Market
On Friday, October 29, the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University will present the virtual session, “How Have Renters Responded to Financial Stress in the Pandemic?” from 11:15… Read more »
Renters at Greater Risk Than Homeowners After Protections End
As federal and state pandemic programs come to an end, renters are more at risk than homeowners of falling—and being left behind—as the economy begins to recover. According to a report released… Read more »
Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream will bring coffee, cocktails and, of course, ice cream to The Grove next year
The new, larger location will allow owner Beckie Jacobs to expand the menu.
Mortgage Rates Dip and Continue to Hover Below the 3% Mark
Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) has shown that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 2.86% for the week ending September 16, 2021, down slightly from last week’s… Read more »
Despite Rise in Inventory, Mortgage Application Volume Declines
The latest Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has found mortgage applications sliding 1.9% from one week earlier. The MBA’s Market Composite Index, a measure of… Read more »
Home Prices Hit 45-Year High
Record high home prices compounded with a shortage of available units have caused home prices to shoot up 18% on average across the nation. CoreLogic’s latest Home Price Index (HPI) and HPI… Read more »
Borrowers withdrew $63B in equity in Q2
Homeowners withdrew $63 billion in equity in the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest numbers from Black Knight, the most in a single quarter in nearly 15 years…. Read more »
Homebuyer Optimism Increases
Home purchase sentiment is down on an annual basis and remains relatively flat month over month. The good-time-to-sell-rough-time-to-buy feeling remains strong among consumers, however the Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment… Read more »
August jobs numbers are bad, but there’s a silver lining
The U.S. economy produced just 235,000 new jobs in August, far below economists’ expectations of 725,000 jobs. It was the slowest month of growth since January 2021. Roughly one million… Read more »