Wealthy Americans Are Now Paying for Their Own Personal Fire Hydrants

Adam Amengual for WSJWhen red flag alerts went into effect in Malibu, Calif., and the power to his home was cut off, Kevin R. Rosenbloom laid out his cotton flame-resistant clothing, fire boots, respirator, leather gloves and face mask.Then he hooked up two 100-foot fire hoses to the personal fire h

Mortgage Rates Drop to 6.69% as Home Prices Rise for First Time in 27 Weeks

Realtor.com; Getty Images (1)Mortgage rates fell from 6.81% last week to 6.69% for a 30-year fixed home loan for the week ending Dec. 5, according to Freddie Mac.“This week, mortgage rates decreased to their lowest level in over a month,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, in a statemen

Murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and His Wife Were Living in Separate Homes Less Than a Mile Apart When He Was Shot

UnitedHealth GroupMurdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was reportedly living apart from his wife at the time of his death—with property records indicating that the slain executive and his spouse had been living in separate homes for several years before he was shot dead in New York City.Acco

November’s Housing Market Crawled to Its Slowest Pace in 5 Years—Even as Prices Fell and Housing Stock Jumped

Getty ImagesThe residential real estate market came to a crawl last month—and it all comes down to persistently high mortgage rates.“We find that high rates in November had led to the slowest market since January of this year and the slowest November in five years,” says Realtor.com® senior economis