Linkage: how big is your share of $13 trillion in debt?
Everyone and their cousin focused on how many auto loans are delinquent in the new Federal Reserve debt data that just came out, but what stuck out to us is how all that debt contrasts with how much home equity homeowners have right now.
We’ll have more on that later today.
For now, solidarity with every freelance writer who gets work on Fiverr, as competition for gigs is about to get tougher as the company acquires a content agency.
- Despite all the HGTV shows, people just don't want tiny houses(propertyshark.com)
- Median single-family home prices up 4 percent from last year, says NAR(magazine.realtor)
- Rates are low, but fewer people applied for mortgages last week(mba.org)
- Total household debt increased by $32 billion in the last few months of 2018(newyorkfed.org)
- And companies with bad credit are taking on tons of debt too(thestreet.com)
- But at least consumer goods didn't get more expensive last month(bls.gov)
- California home sales had slowest December in 11 years(corelogic.com)
- TechCrunch launches subscription model for in-depth coverage(techcrunch.com)
- While Apple mulls gouging publishers for subscription news(wsj.com)
- Gig economy job board Fiverr buys content mill ClearVoice— freelance writers everywhere groan(venturebeat.com)