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US Home Sales Hit Lowest level In Nearly 30 Years, Ownership More Out Of Reach

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The latest evidence that homeownership is becoming increasingly less accessible to many Americans: Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell last year to a nearly 30-year low for the second time in as many years. Elevated mortgage rates, a yearslong shortage of homes on the market and record-high home prices continued to stymie prospective home shoppers, especially first-time buyers. That led existing home sales to fall 0.7% last year to 4.06 million — the weakest showing for home sales since 1995 and edging out the terrible year for sales in 2023, the ...

Healthy Sales

By Christopher Rugaber and Anne D’Innocenzio AP Business Writers American consumers wrapped up the year in a spending mood, buying all sorts of merchandise from furniture to clothing and eating out at restaurants, according to the latest government snapshot. The figures, announced ...

CHQ Chamber Names Events Director

The CHQ Chamber has promoted Staunzie Grady to the newly created position of events director. Grady joined the chamber in 2022 as a part-time chamber coordinator and has served primarily the Westfield and Mayville areas, with a focus on event planning including the expansion of First ...

LitFit Golf Apparel To Exhibit At 2025 PGA Event

LitFit Golf Apparel will exhibit at the 2025 PGA Show scheduled for Jan. 21-24 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. LitFit Golf Apparel will be presenting its female golf one piece bodysuit, the SwingSuit. The Spring/Summer 2025 collection and the Classic collection will be featured. “I am looking forward to debuting this product in front of golf’s most influential retailers from around the world,” said Danielle Patti, owner of LitFit Golf Apparel. “Women’s golf fashion has been tailored after men’s boxy polo shirts for too long. The SwingSuit looks ...

What To Do With Your 401(k) When You Retire

For many employees, what to do with a 401(k) plan at retirement has been a foregone conclusion: Roll it over. The opportunity to hang on to assets after employees retire — and in turn keep costs down for the whole plan—isn’t lost on defined-contribution plan advisors. In a 2021 Pimco ...