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☆ Home Equity Loan Alternative Could Revolutionize the Housing Market
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( James Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Like a lot of homeowners, Schummer was keen to convert some of his theoretical wealth into real cash. These kinds of deals, often referred to as home-equity-sharing agreements or home-equity investments, have existed on the fringes of housing finance for decades. The success or failure of home-equity investments could shape the future of homeownership in America. If the home's value has gone up, everyone wins; sell it for a loss, and the investor might share in that downside. "Over time for us, the customer becomes everybody," Eoin Matthews, the chief business officer and a cofounder of Point, told me recently.

Persons: Kennis Schummer, Schummer, Laurie Goodman, Goodman, he'd, Eoin Matthews, —, Hometap, Jim Riccitelli, Riccitelli, Adam Rust, Rust, Rust wasn't, I'm, Jordan Gilberti, Holly Bunting, Mayer Brown, Edwin Remsberg, Matthews, they'd, Jeffrey Glass, Glass, I've, he's Organizations: Consumer, Urban Institute, Federal Reserve, Bain Capital, Palisades Group, Redwood Trust, Getty, Consumer Federation of America Locations: Pensacola , Florida, California, homeownership, America, Connecticut, Maryland, Florida

☆ ‘Mason-Dixon’ Review: The Line That Would Divide America
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Harold Holzer | Edward G. Gray | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Photo: Edwin Remsberg/AlamyCould there be a more opportune moment for an authoritative book on the border crisis? No, not that border, and not today’s crisis, but the dispute that once raged over where Pennsylvania ended and Maryland began. That colonial-era quarrel cooled only when the expanse was surveyed and mapped in the 1760s by the Englishmen Charles Mason (1728-86) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-79). Grab a Copy Mason-Dixon: Crucible of the Nation By Edward G. Gray Harvard University Press 456 pages We may earn a commission when you buy products through the links on our site. Yet as the historian Edward G. Gray observes in his ambitious and richly detailed “Mason-Dixon,” the survey initially meant to address but one issue: a long-contested border between British territories in America.

Persons: Edwin Remsberg, Charles Mason, Jeremiah Dixon, Mason, Dixon, Edward G, Barnes, Jim Crow, Gray Organizations: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Gray Harvard University Press, Noble, Dixon Locations: Pennsylvania, Maryland, North, America

☆ Why some salads may be unsafe
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Kirsi Goldynia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

Even harder to contend with is the fact that the food products most susceptible to contamination are often those we eat for their health benefits – produce items. “Produce led the list; about 46% of the foodborne illness that we saw in the US could be attributable to produce. But you bring up a really great point that the processing of packaged meats may actually protect the products from pathogens. I think water is going to emerge as a huge issue. I think we’ve got systems in place that do a good job of making sure that consumers are getting good products.

Persons: Dr, Catherine Donnelly, Listeria, ”, Donnelly, “ Produce, ” That’s, –, ” Donnelly, I’m, we’ve, Edwin Remsberg, they’re, there’s, Barack Obama’s, Bridget Bennett, Vibrio, Facebook There’s Organizations: CNN, Department of Nutrition, Food Sciences, University of Vermont, US Centers for Disease Control, CDC, “, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, US Department of Agriculture, Getty, Bloomberg, Twitter, Facebook Locations: Western Washington, Cronobacter, Michigan, KFF, Vermont, hydroponics

☆ Midwest American Cities Are Facing a Downtown Crisis, Urban Doom Loop
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

But Midwestern cities are also facing a crisis of their own — struggling to attract workers, residents, and visitors to their downtowns. Nine of the 13 Midwestern cities tracked in the study were in the bottom half of the rankings. In the early part of the 20th century, Midwestern cities boomed — attracting workers and families seeking out manufacturing jobs and education. Many Midwestern cities relied on a single industry or even a single company to buttress its economy. "If office workers are coming downtown less, but college students are willing to come downtown more, what about literally putting a college in your downtown?"

Persons: COVID, Michael Hicks, Jacob Frey, Salesforce, Karen Chapple, Hicks, Michael Siluk, Amanda Weinstein, Weinstein, weren't, it's, Tracy Hadden Loh, Hadden Loh, It's, they've, you've, Chapple, Edwin Remsberg, downtowns, I've, —, Columbus, Keyvan Esfarjani, Eliza Relman Organizations: metros —, metros, Ball State University, University of Toronto, St, of Cities, Midwest, University of Akron, Brookings Institution, Institution, Arizona State University, Cleveland, Housing, While Ohio, Ohio State University's, Intel Locations: San Francisco, Seattle, Indiana, Midwest, Louis, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Kansas City , Missouri, Detroit, Akron, leafier, downtowns, Lake Erie, Burke, Downtown, Kansas, Chicago, Columbus, While, Ohio

☆ How a 3.2-million-year-old human relative named Lucy walked
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Lucy's fossil includes 40% of her skeleton, one of the most complete Australopith fossils found to date. Edwin Remsberg/Alamy Stock PhotoAnalysis of Lucy’s fossil over the past 20 years has suggested that she and others of her species walked upright. Then, she used scans of Lucy’s fossil to determine how her joints were articulated and moved in life. Muscle modeling of Lucy, dubbed "AL 288-1," is compared side by side with human muscle maps. “Lucy likely walked and moved in a way that we do not see in any living species today,” Wiseman said.

Persons: “ Lucy, ”, Lucy, Edwin Remsberg, Dr, Ashleigh L.A, Wiseman, didn’t, Isaac Newton, waddle, Dr Ashleigh Wiseman, ” Wiseman, “ Organizations: CNN, Sky, Royal Society Open Science, University of Cambridge, Leverhulme, Isaac, Isaac Newton Trust, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Locations: Ethiopia, United Kingdom

☆ I moved to Kansas from New York City to be safe from flooding, afford a bigger house, and put roots down
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Landscape architect Jason Beury, 40, moved from Brooklyn, New York, to Kansas City, Kansas, in 2020. He thinks Kansas City is an up-and-coming destination for people moving from other states. So if I want to build equity in the property, New York City is not the place, both because New York City is so expensive and partially because of climate change. Kansas City, Kansas, is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, pictured here. We found a little house listed at $206,000, a two-bedroom, two-bathroom brick house from the 1920s in Strawberry Hill in Kansas City, Kansas.

☆ Here's why egg prices surged in 2022. Those elevated costs could last into the first quarter of 2023, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

D3sign | Moment | Getty ImagesThe surge in egg prices has stood out in a year when Americans saw their bills balloon across the grocery store. Bird flu is largely to blame for rising egg pricesAbout 40 million egg-laying hens — "layers," in industry shorthand — have died this year due to avian flu, Moscogiuri said. Egg prices jumped 2.3% just in the month of November, and by 10.1% in October, according to the CPI. watch nowElevated egg prices "could last into the first quarter of 2023," Lapp said. It's also due to record egg prices somewhat dampening demand, he said.

☆ Squatters who took over a sanctioned Russian oligarch's mansion are told by judge they can stay
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A house in Amsterdam owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Arkady Volozh was occupied by activists. Despite the Yandex billionaire's best efforts, a judge ruled that the squatters can stay. Volozh is not the first sanctioned oligarch to have his European property overtaken. Squatters moved into the five-story luxury house belonging to billionaire Arkady Volozh on October 27, according to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. This is far from the first protest action in the properties of high-profile sanctioned Russian figures.

☆ Why egg prices are surging — but chicken prices are falling: It's an 'act of God' event, says trade strategist
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Yet chicken prices fell in October. It may seem counterintuitive that egg and chicken prices moved in opposite directions. The last bout was in 2015, when a record 50.5 million birds were impacted, the CDC said. Elevated egg prices "could last into the first quarter of 2023," Lapp said. 'Broilers' are less affected by flu than 'layers'Meanwhile, chicken prices retreated in October, falling by 1.3% during the month.

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