Mortgage rates topped 7% this week, a key psychological threshold, in a sign of the US housing market’s unrelenting affordability challenges.

The increase in the consumer price index for the 25-county region that includes Long Island was fueled in part by the cost of natural gas, electricity and housing.

Shelter costs were 4.6% higher in December than a year earlier, and they account for more than a third of the consumer price ...

The NAHB’s builder confidence index rose one point in January after stagnating in December following three months of gains.

The most recent core Consumer Price Index report (which measures inflation, minus the volatile food and fuel segments), ...

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EXCLUSIVEMore than half a million households will be forced onto smart meters when Radio Teleswitch Service ends in June Households that have resisted smart meters will be left with little choice ...

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Typically, mobile networks make mid-contract price increases in April and they are usually based on a percentage linked to inflation. New rules will come into force this month requiring providers ...