Housing
Mortgage rates are now at the highest level of the year, and could go even higher
Homes in Rocklin, California, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage crossed over 7% on April 1, according to Mortgage News Daily, and it just kept going. It now sits right around 7.5%, the highest level since mid-November of last […]
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March homes sales dropped despite a surge in supply. Here’s why.
Prospective buyers attend an open house at a home for sale in Larchmont, New York, US, on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sales of previously-owned homes dropped 4.3% in March compared with February, to a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 4.19 million units, according to the National Association of […]
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A new study reveals the states where private equity has the most influence on housing, health care, jobs and pensions
Housing rights activists and tenants protest against evictions and the poor condition of their apartments outside the offices the landlord Broadway Capital in Chelsea, Massachusetts on April 25, 2022. Brian Snyder | Reuters For many years, Conemaugh Health System, a hospital chain in west central Pennsylvania, was a nonprofit entity, serving patients in the small […]
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Here's what upgrading to a nicer home could cost you, and why it's locking up the market
The Spring housing market is defying expectations that prices would cool and competition would ease. Higher mortgage rates usually cool both prices and demand, as they did last year, but that’s not the case now. There are still too few homes for sale because current homeowners can’t afford to move, and it’s keeping prices high. […]
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Vacation home co-ownership platform Pacaso expands to lower-priced listings
Luxury vacation home co-ownership platform Pacaso is attempting to appeal to the masses, as it grows its business during a pricey and competitive phase of the housing market. The company, which launched in 2020 with multimillion-dollar homes listed for co-ownership, is now introducing thousands more listings with share prices starting as low as $200,000. Previously, […]
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February home sales spike 9.5%, the largest monthly gain in a year, as supply improves
Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Sales of existing homes surged 9.5% in February from January to 4.38 million units, on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors. Housing analysts had been expecting a slight drop. Sales were down 3.3% year over year, but it was the […]
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Mainland Chinese surge into Hong Kong property following stamp duties scrapped
Immediately after a pandemic-induced lull spanning additional than a few years, mainland Chinese are snapping up homes in Hong Kong, accounting for up to a 3rd of new house product sales weeks soon after the town taken off all extra stamp responsibilities on foreign buyers. Peter Parks | Afp | Getty Illustrations or photos After a […]
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How an AI program can design your dream home in seconds
Artificial intelligence is moving into the housing space, specifically architecture. ICON, which developed one of the first fully 3D-printed housing developments in the U.S., is taking automation another step further. It recently unveiled what it calls Vitruvius, an AI program that helps consumers design custom homes online and get the plans, making the process cheaper […]
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China Evergrande's flagship device, founder punished for securities fraud
The Evergrande Team headquarters creating in Shenzhen is pictured on January 11, 2022 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China. China Evergrande Group founder Hui Ka Yan will be barred from the securities market place for everyday living and fined 47 million yuan ($6.53 million) immediately after the regulator accused the group’s flagship device of inflating […]
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Homebuilder sentiment turns positive for the first time since July
U.S. homebuilders are feeling more confident about their businesses than they have since last summer, as they see better demand despite stubbornly high mortgage rates. Homebuilder sentiment rose 3 points in March to 51 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. The reading gained for the fourth straight month, hitting its […]
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