Dieter Holger

3 days ago | robinspost.com | Dieter Holger

Listings are up ahead of an expected dip in home pricesJune 4, 2025 There was around $698billion worth of listings in April, an all-time high since 2012, according to Redfin. There were alsonearly 500,000 more home sellers than buyers. The buyer's market means that homebuyers may be able to snag better deals as home prices are expected to drop in 2025. Home sellers are having trouble finding buyers.

3 days ago | consumeraffairs.com | Dieter Holger

• There was around $698 billion worth of listings in April, an all-time high since 2012, according to Redfin. • There were also nearly 500,000 more home sellers than buyers. • The buyer's market means that homebuyers may be able to snag better deals as home prices are expected to drop in 2025. There was around $698.4 billion worth of homes on the market in April, the highest number since data going back to 2012, according a report from real-estate brokerage Redfin.

5 days ago | consumeraffairs.com | Dieter Holger

• Around 16% of larger U.S. cities suffered drops in their populations over five years, with the highest share in California and other liberal states, a ConsumerAffairs analysis finds. • New York, San Francisco and Philadelphia had the biggest population declines. • Still, cities of all sizes grew grew on average over one year. Some U.S. cities, particularly in liberal areas of the country, have been losing people even after populations grew in most urban centers.

1 week ago | consumeraffairs.com | Dieter Holger

• The biggest email services largely offer the same suite of security and privacy features, but some newer or more advanced options put other providers ahead, a ConsumerAffairs review of seven email services finds. • ProtonMail, Outlook and Gmail are the three top scoring emails for security and privacy. • Mail.com, AOL and Yahoo are the three lowest scoring. When deciding on an email, security and privacy are often top of mind.

2 weeks ago | consumeraffairs.com | Dieter Holger

• Passkeys aim to replace passwords, but they aren't yet a perfect solution, cybersecurity experts tell ConsumerAffairs. • Some issues with passkeys are how widely they are supported, how they aren't cross platform and how accounts with passkeys still have passwords that can be exploited. • But passkey adoption is growing and if they replace passwords altogether, they will provide even better security for online accounts. Passkeys have some kinks that need to be ironed out.