Apartment rents have been cooling off sharply for several months, and they look like they’re about to go negative compared with a year ago. Rents in August were just 0.28% higher than August 2022, according to real estate tech platform RealPage. Compare that to a year ago, when rents were posting 11% annual growth. With
            
          On the surface, the news from the New York City office sector may look grim: vacancy rates nearing 20%, occupancy rates stubbornly stuck at around 50%, interest rates rising, values dropping, anemic investment sales activity and owners giving keys back to lenders. Fortunately, that isn’t the full story. As I discussed in my previous Forbes
            
          In this article AVD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Bluecinema Picture this: You come home after a long day. As you approach your front door, you reach for your keys — but don’t feel them in your pocket. You quickly realize you’re locked out of your home. Luckily, on-call locksmiths are available to help.
            
          Receive free UK airports updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK airports news every morning. The UK’s two busiest international airports, Heathrow and Gatwick, have detected the type of concrete that recently forced hundreds of UK schools to close and sparked a political crisis. The airports, which together
            
          New York City continued to see healthy job growth this year, according to a report issued by the New York State Financial Control Board. In the first half of the year, 175,800 jobs were created in the city, a 3.9% increase, exceeding the national growth rate of 2.8%, the Control Board heard at its yearly
            
          It has been an up-and-down week for stocks so far, but Ryan McQueeney is putting the income investor spotlight on Cisco (CSCO) and Americold Realty (COLD), two dividend-paying stocks with interesting stories to tell right now.
            
          Municipals were weaker in spots Thursday amid an active primary market that included two billion-dollar pricings for institutions and the return of outflows. U.S. Treasury yields fell and equities were mixed. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Thursday was at 63%, the three-year was at 64%, the five-year at 66%, the 10-year at 70% and the 30-year
            
          ChargePoint electric vehicle charging station at Walnut Creek City Hall parking lot with car, trees, and clear sky in the background, Walnut Creek, California, April 18, 2023. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. WestRock — The stock gained 5%
            
          Many Americans are house-rich, at least on paper. Thanks to skyrocketing housing prices, homeowners are now sitting on nearly $30 trillion in home equity, according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve — just shy of the 2022 peak. That’s roughly $200,000 cash per homeowner in equity that can be tapped, which is the amount most lenders
            
          Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. The top three trustee banks in the ranking have an average dollar amount of more than $20 billion in the first half of 2023. The average number of issues for the top three is 205.  Scroll through to see the top ten
            
          UK businesses expect inflation and wage growth to ease, according to a closely watched monthly survey by the Bank of England, providing some relief for policymakers ahead of the interest rate decision later this month. Output prices are expected to increase by 4.9 per cent over the next 12 months, according to August’s Decision Maker
            
          In our first video lesson about technical analysis our trading expert David Jones explains the very basics of analysing charts. He focuses our attention on the fundamentals of understanding what we see on a chart and the patterns that govern its movements. The three main patterns are price action, trends and history repeating itself at
            
          Starting in October, New Jersey motorists will pay almost a penny more per gallon for gas following a worse-than-expected year for state fuel tax revenue, officials announced. State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio said in a statement on Friday that an adjustment of the state’s Petroleum Products Gross Receipt tax rate was necessary following depressed taxable
            
          The pound fell to a three-month low on Wednesday after Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey cast doubt on the need for further interest rate rises. Sterling was down 0.5 per cent on the day against the dollar to $1.249 after Bailey told MPs that the UK economy was now “much nearer the top of the
            
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          Airports are reviving plans to tap the $4 trillion municipal bond market to build and renovate runways, concourses and terminals as passenger traffic rebounds to levels last seen before the pandemic. During the first half of 2023, sales of airport bonds dropped to roughly $3 billion — less than a third of the amount seen
            
          In recent studies, we’ve analyzed and examined the richest cities in other Deep South states, like Mississippi and Georgia. Here, we’re going to take a look at the richest cities in their mutual neighbor, Alabama. Although the median household income in Alabama — $54,943 — is close to $14,000 less than the median household income
            
          The Huntsville Healthcare Authority issued $190 million of hospital revenue bonds as it saw a financial rebound from tough post-pandemic conditions. The North Alabama-based public hospital operator, whose flagship Huntsville Hospital is the state’s second largest, structured the deal with a 2053 maturity and a mandatory tender date of June 1, 2030. Bond proceeds will
            
          In this photo illustration, the Warner Bros. Discovery logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Occidental Petroleum, Halliburton, EOG Resources — Shares of oil and gas companies were higher Tuesday after Saudi Arabia earlier extended its one million barrel per day voluntary crude oil production cut
            
          Learn how to reduce your mental stress when it comes to trading. Stop being overwhelmed by using simple strategies that I’m going to show you in this video. Get some knowledge on how to reduce mental overload if you’re an investor or stock trader. I’ll show you how to choose your option and avoid being
            
          After bottoming out below 3% in January 2021, the average rate for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage now sits above 7% — which is just too high for many homeowners to consider selling. At today’s rates, most homeowners would need to finance a new home at a higher rate than the rate they currently hold, adding