Mar 18, 2024

Who pays real estate agents?

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Right now, the seller does — kinda. But that could change.

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Interest rates worldwide might start falling as central banks meet this week

by Mitchell Hartman

Mar 18, 2024

Switzerland may be the first to start rolling back the recent round of rate hikes.

The European Central Bank is expected to be among the first central banks to start cutting rates, says Sharyn O’Halloran at Columbia Business School.

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More housing stock means the market may be shifting in favor of buyers

by Amy Scott and Sean McHenry

Mar 18, 2024

New home listings hit a 17-month high in February, and as more sellers sell, housing prices could flatten, says Conor Sen at Bloomberg Opinion.

"We're seeing inventory really grow off the very low levels of last year," says Bloomberg's Conor Sen. "And in a market that's very undersupplied, that's becoming a meaningful amount of inventory."

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New fees and new tech may curb methane emissions

by Elizabeth Trovall

Mar 18, 2024

More accurate means of measurement could help curtail the greenhouse gas, a potent contributor to climate change.

In the next few years, there will be wider deployment of technology to detect and reduce methane emissions, according to Arvind Ravikumar of the University of Texas at Austin.

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Bird flu has killed chickens and scrambled egg prices

by Kerry Klein

Mar 18, 2024

Since early 2022, more than 80 million birds, most of them egg layers, have been stricken by the disease.

Poultry caretakers and processors take strict biosecurity measures to keep avian influenza and other viruses away from their birds.

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"Trick Question" spring gang

"Mean Green" Snarky Puppy

"Flutter" Mocky

"The Spirit Blossoms All Over the Land" Onra

"Cut It Upwards" Kelpe

"Vide Noir" Lord Huron

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Andie Corban Producer I

Sarah Leeson Producer I

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I

Sofia Terenzio Assistant Producer

Jordan Mangi Assistant Digital Producer

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