Dubbed the "condo cliff," Florida's condo market is about to undergo a catastrophe when thousands of homeowners deal with structural and financial ramifications from the catastrophic Surfside condo collapse in 2021. With 98 deaths, the accident has brought attention to the outdated infrastructure of condominium buildings, particularly in coastal towns of Florida. Many condo owners discover they...

The Ins and Outs of Remittance Flows Mapped: The Ins and Outs of Remittance Flows The global immigrant population is growing at a robust pace, and their aggregate force is one to be reckoned with. In 2019, migrants collectively sent $550.5 billion in money back to their home countries—money transfer flows that are also...

The World’s 20 Most Profitable Companies The biggest chunk of the earnings pie is increasingly split by fewer and fewer companies. In the U.S. for example, about 50% of all profit generated by public companies goes to just 30 companies — back in 1975, it took 109 companies to accomplish the same feat: Year Number of Firms Generating 50% of Earnings Total Public...

World’s Largest Economies in 2030 Today’s emerging markets are tomorrow’s powerhouses, according to a recent forecast from Standard Chartered, a multinational bank headquartered in London. The bank sees developing economies like Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil, and Egypt all moving up the ladder – and by 2030, it estimates that seven of the world’s largest 10...

Getting an incredibly low mortgage rate can make all the difference in your road to becoming a homeowner. Interest rates can make or break your ability to buy your dream home, so it's important to know how to get the best deal. Kevin from Insightful REI, Nick from Schiera Properties, NK Developments, and We Buy Houses In Des Moines are all real estate pros who have helped us put together this...