The dream of owning your own home is slipping further out of the reach of first-time buyers thanks to sky-high prices and mortgage rates that have more than doubled over the last few years. Amira Elgoneimy, a premiere agent with Redfin real estate brokerage, and Daryl Fairweather, chief economist with the real estate brokerage, explain the challenges buyers are experiencing as they try to buy their first homes.
The Biden administration announced the first of many coming federal investments in computer chip production, saying Monday that it would provide $35 million for BAE Systems to increase production at a New Hampshire factory making chips for military aircraft, including F-15 and F-35 jets.
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