Hello, friends! I have a lot to say, and I’ve done a lot of work on Get Rich Slowly during the past three weeks, but most of my efforts aren’t yet ready for public consumption. The site de-design is 95% complete, but that final five percent is fiddly. I could be ready to launch the …
Interest rates on home mortgages are rising rapidly across the United States, which seems to be slowing most housing markets. (Some, like the market here in Corvallis, have been less affected. Give it time.) The average mortgage rate for a 30-year loan was about 3.0% at the start of the year; today, it’s at 6.245% …
A couple of weekends ago, Kim and I enjoyed a short vacation on the Oregon Coast. She’s been taking foraging classes, and she had an early morning workshop on harvesting sea vegetables one Sunday. Rather than wake in the middle of the night to drive out, we rented a small place in Tillamook and took …
Last month, the Federal Reserve released a new report: Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2021 PDF. This annual survey gauges American financial health and attitudes. The 2021 edition was conducted last November. Here are some highlights from the report: Seventy-eight percent of adults were either doing okay or living comfortably financially, the highest share …