Marketplace Morning Report Stories

Buyers are seeing lower prices and less competition, but high mortgage rates. And sellers might not see the profits they were hoping for.

Lawmakers from politically drawn districts feel less pressure to cater to voters and exert less pressure on lenders, a researcher says.

Communication platform Twilio told employees job cuts would be carried out through an “anti-racist/anti-oppression lens,” to avoid disproportionately affecting marginalized groups. Statistics show downsizing often makes workplaces less diverse.

The CFPB says delinquencies and late fees add up and recommends tighter regulation of loans in line with the credit card industry.

A new report on stock trading by members of Congress reveals possible conflicts of interest.

Prescribed fires are supposed to burn excess fuels to help contain wildfires, but the U.S. Forest Service is adding stricter controls in light of a burn that got out of control in New Mexico.

The USDA is doling out about $3 billion to projects that provide incentives for sustainable farming and forestry practices.

A bill awaiting Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature would expedite permitting.

Markets plummeted Tuesday as Wall Street was rattled by hot inflation numbers that raised fears of even steeper interest rate hikes.

Author David Daley argues that gerrymandering contributed to the Flint, Michigan, water crisis and facilitated post-Roe abortion bans.