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Today's Macy's Trivia - A Nantucket Whaler's tattoo becomes an iconic logo...

Rowland Hussey Macy was the fourth of six children born to a Quaker family on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. At the age of fifteen, he worked on the whaleship Emily Morgan and had a red star tattooed on either his hand or his forearm.

If this goes through, folks in Chicago will rejoice as they still haven't gotten over their rage when the company owning Macy's bought out their beloved Marshall Field's...
 
Some additional context would be nice. Yes interest rates and inflation have screwed home buyers, BUT there's been a significant increase of home values over that time. The Median price of a US home has increased from $359K at the end of 2020 to the current $431K, a 20% increase.

Since home value appreciation is the largest component of personal wealth for most Americans, the news isn't bleak for those out there sitting in a home purchased with sub 4% mortgage interest rates...
 
Some additional context would be nice. Yes interest rates and inflation have screwed home buyers, BUT there's been a significant increase of home values over that time. The Median price of a US home has increased from $359K at the end of 2020 to the current $431K, a 20% increase.

Since home value appreciation is the largest component of personal wealth for most Americans, the news isn't bleak for those out there sitting in a home purchased with sub 4% mortgage interest rates...
I agree about the significant increase in home values, but an issue is the amount of debt carried to buy and/or refinance has grown. Americans used their homes to finance other items besides their home. Folks are now dealing with interest only loans expiring, needing to either keep interest only or getting a fixed rate loan. So, going from 2.75% to 7% is a huge suck on finances. Add to that the ever growing credit card debt. Along with the fact "real wages" and "net net" cash in your pocket has decreased. Inflation may be going down, but prices remain.


"Since home value appreciation is the largest component of personal wealth for most Americans, the news isn't bleak for those out there sitting in a home purchased with sub 4% mortgage interest rates..."

You do realize that is not as prevalent as one might think. Maybe for those at the end of careers and ready to retire. Who can afford to buy their homes?
 
Maybe for those at the end of careers and ready to retire. Who can afford to buy their homes?
A real estate boom is always most advantageous to those sitting on property, especially if they have a long-term, low rate mortgage, or like many retirees, it's paid for. In that case it often becomes the major legacy left to their heirs.

Yes, getting into the housing market right now is very tough for first time buyers, which I mentioned. Another major issue that gets a short shrift is student loans. Many folks who would be first time buyers are faced with crippling student loans, an issue of their own making. It's not at all new, it's something that has been deterring first time buyers now for over 10 years.
 
A real estate boom is always most advantageous to those sitting on property, especially if they have a long-term, low rate mortgage, or like many retirees, it's paid for. In that case it often becomes the major legacy left to their heirs.

Yes, getting into the housing market right now is very tough for first time buyers, which I mentioned. Another major issue that gets a short shrift is student loans. Many folks who would be first time buyers are faced with crippling student loans, an issue of their own making. It's not at all new, it's something that has been deterring first time buyers now for over 10 years.
And with the increase in everything and the general loss of buying power, home ownership is put further from their reach.
 
that means they're serious which is good - I'd hate to see another iconic store disappearing into the dust bin of history

They want the real estate!!!


"The cake is the real estate," Neil Saunders, GlobalData’s managing director of retail, told Yahoo Finance over the phone. "That's the core of this deal."

Macy’s actual retail business is likely only the “icing on the cake,” per Saunders. That Macy’s makes a profit — unlike most other big box retailers — makes the deal “more palatable” for real estate investors, Jonathan Miller, CEO of Miller Samuel Inc., told Yahoo Finance over the phone.
 

In Chicago, voters have clearly reached a breaking point. Since the last poll, it was revealed in September that CTU president Stacy Davis Gates chose to enroll her child in a private school after she called school choice racist just last year. The latest poll showed that nearly half of Chicago voters now know that Ms. Gates sends her son to a private school – and they aren’t happy.


And with all this exposed, no change. Maybe one day.
 
 
Biden just gave away our money again to the Russians.

That Hunter deal really costed us all.

I can’t believe everyone dose not see we are supporting and fighting the wrong people.
 
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