People will likely stay in their homes even longer now

Median home prices just reached a record high last month of $419,300 in the US, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Part of the reason for those high prices is that people have been holding onto their homes — and phones and cars! — longer. They’re doing so in part because they can’t afford new homes at those prices, which in turn drives prices up even more.

Americans are holding on to their phones, cars, and homes longer

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older folks’ homes

11/5/25

The median age of a first-time homebuyer in America just hit 40 years old

That’s the oldest point on record and 10 years higher than it was as recently as 2010.

Old vintage blue house address metal plate number 40 forty on the rural gate

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NO WAY VACAY

10/24/25

Almost a quarter of American employees haven’t taken a single vacation day in the past year, survey finds

But just how many hours are Americans working?

200M

Rani Molla10/14/25

Amazon Prime now has 200 million shoppers in the US, up 6% from last year, according to new data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. However, that doesn’t mean there are 200 million Prime subscriptions — which go for $139 a year — since multiple people in a household can share the same membership. Amazon recently added free same-day grocery delivery for many Prime subscribers, in hopes of getting more Americans to fork over that annual fee.

Hyunsoo Rim

And just like that...

10/3/25

Solo living is getting pricier, per The Economist’s “Carrie Bradshaw index”

We crunched how close renters can actually get to living like Carrie.

Jessica Parker, as Carrie Bradshaw, October 2021

Hyunsoo Rim

Tipping point

9/22/25

America’s tip economy, visualized

How America taxes tips is set to change — but not everyone will benefit equally from the “No Tax on Tips” provision.

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