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Homebuilders cut prices, bring on supply; profits plunge back to earth. Medicine this overpriced housing market needs.  By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. New single-family homes for sale at all stages of construction spiked to 511,000 homes in June, the highest since October 2007, when inventory was falling during the Housing Bust as homebuilders, struggling to stay alive, were cutting back construction. Prices …

Our desks keep us glued to chairs for hours, yet our bodies keep score. After meals, our blood sugar spikes, particularly if we remain sedentary. Two fresh studies have now analyzed the respective benefits of walking and doing squats, in terms of their ability to lower those glucose surges. One test pitted simple body‑weight squats against walking sessions of different …