Tag: Housing
Housing market supply is ‘stale’ to end 2024
There's good news in the housing market to close out 2024: there's a lot more supply. The bad news: a lot of that supply is stale, sitting unsold for [...]
November home sales surged more than expected
Investors own more than 131,000 homes in the Las Vegas Valley now.Las Vegas Review-journal | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesSales of previously ow [...]
American homeowners are wasting more space than ever before
Tim Kitchen | The Image Bank | Getty ImagesThere may not be a lot of homes for sale these days, but there is a lot of housing space sitting empty. In [...]
Veterans get social housing priority in rule change
Getty ImagesArmed forces veterans and their families will get priority access to social housing under new rules published by the government.Councils w [...]
You can’t avoid building new housing, minister tells councils
Local authorities will not be given any "wiggle room" when it comes to meeting new mandatory housebuilding targets, the government says. Ministers are [...]
Military housing in ‘shocking’ state, MPs warn
Getty ImagesMPs warn that soldiers may leave the military if housing standards don't improveDamp and mouldy accommodation could see more personnel dec [...]
Florida ‘condo cliff’ coming as owners deal with Surfside fallout
After the deadly collapse of a 12-story condominium tower in the Surfside suburb of Miami, Florida, in 2021, state lawmakers implemented new requireme [...]
Why developers are building housing at shopping malls
Say hello to life at the mall. The classic American mall is undergoing a dramatic transformation as real estate developers swap out dying department s [...]
Backlash from councils over Angela Rayner’s housing targets
Getty ImagesLocal councils have told the government its flagship plan to build 1.5m new homes in England over the next five years is “unrealistic” and [...]
Councils must meet housing targets
BBCAngela Rayner has insisted that councils must meet the government's housing targets, after local authorities branded them impossible to achieve.A B [...]
Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 26 Nov. The USD moves marginally higher. Housing mixed.
Markets:Gold up $7.65 or 0.29% at $2632.30US 10-year yield 4.300%, +3.7 basis pointsUS 2-year yield 4.256%, +0.4 basis pointsWTI crude oil down $0.34 [...]
Home sales surged in October before mortgage rates jumped
A home with a "Sold" sign from a real estate company in North Patchogue, New York.Steve Pfost | Newsday | Getty ImagesA sharp drop in mortgage rates b [...]
Government steps in over housing plan row
Plans for a “new town” in Kent have been sent to the government for the final decision after an intervention by the housing secretary.Swale Borough Co [...]
Mortgage rates surge on Trump victory, housing stocks to fall
President-elect Donald Trump's victory spurred a rise in in the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield. Mortgage rates, which loosely follow the benchmark yield, [...]
More homeowners just started pulling cash out of their properties
An aerial view of existing homes near new homes under construction (UPPER R) in the Chatsworth neighborhood on September 08, 2023 in Los Angeles, Cali [...]