Home ownership has plummeted since the 2008 recession as costs rise, and Americans lack the necessary savings. Many have turned to renting due to the flexibility and less capital-intensive nature. John Kobs, Co-Founder and CEO of Apartment List, a platform helping renters find a home, joined us to discuss the current state of the rental market.
The company just announced a new partnership with Realtor.com. Kobs breaks down how this collaboration helps connect renters with properties on its platform. Apartment List will be powering all of the rental listings from the multi-family sector on realtor.com.
Earlier this year, Apartment List teamed up with Facebook to get its listings on the social media platform's marketplace. Whenever a property manager advertises on Apartment List, it will also show up on the Facebook marketplace.
About 780,000 pressure washers sold at retailers like Home Depot are being recalled across the U.S. and Canada, due to a projectile hazard that has resulted in fractures and other injuries among some consumers.
President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie ahead of the board considering the largest railroad merger ever proposed.
Ford is recalling more than 355,000 of its pickup trucks across the U.S. because of an instrument panel display failure that’s resulted in critical information, like warning lights and vehicle speed, not showing up on the dashboard.
The Rev. Al Sharpton is set to lead a protest march on Wall Street to urge corporate America to resist the Trump administration’s campaign to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The New York civil rights leader will join clergy, labor and community leaders Thursday in a demonstration through Manhattan’s Financial District that’s timed with the anniversary of the Civil Rights-era March on Washington in 1963. Sharpton called DEI the “civil rights fight of our generation." He and other Black leaders have called for boycotting American retailers that scaled backed policies and programs aimed at bolstering diversity and reducing discrimination in their ranks.
President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a $1.2 billion contract to build and operate what's expected to become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex to a tiny Virginia firm with no experience running correction facilities.
