Real Estate

A U.S. flag is seen in a flooded rural area after Hurricane Ian caused widespread destruction in Arcadia, Florida, October 4, 2022. Marco Bello | Reuters Hurricane winds fueled by climate change will expand further inland and put tens of millions of properties in the U.S. at risk over the next three decades, according to

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images A sharp drop in mortgage interest rates brought homebuyers out in force in January, but rates have bounced back higher again, so the gains may be short-lived. Signed contracts on existing homes jumped 8.1% last month compared with December, according to the National Association of Realtors. That’s the

Phiromya Intawongpan | Istock | Getty Images Anyone who’s exploring homeownership may know that rising interest rates and elevated home prices are making that goal challenging. The average rate on a typical 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage has been zigzagging between 6% and 7% for the last several months — down from above 7% in early November

A TV camera points to the U.S. Supreme Court as justices inside heard arguments in Gonzalez v. Google at the court in Washington, February 21, 2023 Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Supreme Court in a unanimous decision Wednesday ruled that a woman could not use protection under the U.S. bankruptcy code to avoid paying a

In this article INVH TCN-CA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Institutional investors may control 40% of U.S. single-family rental homes by 2030, according to MetLife Investment Management. And a group of Washington, D.C., lawmakers believe that Wall Street needs to back away from the market. “What we’re saying is don’t have private equity buying

Gremlin | E+ | Getty Images There’s often a chasm between theory and practice, what we should do and what we actually do. Yet, when it comes to the long-held advice for renters to not spend more than 30% of their income on housing, the target is increasingly impossible to even try to reach, experts

New homes at the Cielo at Sand Creek by Century Communities housing development in Antioch, California, U.S., on Thursday, March 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chicago realtor Jeremy Fisher headed to Florida after Christmas counting on five mostly-relaxed weeks, after a slow second half of 2022 left him with a

America’s homebuilders are growing more bullish as buyer demand picks up, driven in part by slightly lower mortgage rates. Homebuilder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes in February rose 7 points to 42, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. This is the highest reading since September

A ‘for sale’ sign hangs in front of a home on June 21, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images After falling for five straight weeks, mortgage rates jumped last week, triggering a decline in mortgage demand. Total mortgage application volume fell 7.7% last week, compared with the previous week, according to the

The Indian government announced during the annual budget on Feb. 1 that the country will increase infrastructure spending by 33% to 10 trillion rupees ($122.29 billion) in the next fiscal year. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Indian markets have been volatile as the Adani crisis continues to dominate headlines, but analysts say this could

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally ahead of the midterm elections, in Miami, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2022. Marco Bello | Reuters A New York appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld a $110,000 fine on former President Donald Trump that a judge imposed last spring after he was found in contempt for

An aerial view from a drone shows homes in a neighborhood on January 26, 2021 in Miramar, Florida. According to two separate indices existing home prices rose to the highest level in 6 years. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The U.S. housing market cooled off pretty dramatically last year, after mortgage rates more than doubled

A ‘For Sale’ sign is posted in front of a single family home on October 27, 2022 in Hollywood, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Mortgage rates continued to fall last week, and both current homeowners and potential homebuyers reacted swiftly. Total mortgage application volume, including refinances and loans to purchase a home, jumped 7.4%

A man enters a building with rental apartments available in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | VIEW press | Corbis News | Getty Images Median rents in Manhattan hit a new record in January as a strong job market and limited supply of apartments lifted prices. The median rental price rose 15% to $4,097

A banking van for the Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union parked on the curb of West Tremont Avenue in The Bronx. Rebecca Picciotto | CNBC NEW YORK – Parked on the curb of West Tremont Avenue in the Bronx, amid a chain of sedans and minivans, there is sometimes a bank on wheels.

Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images New York is the most rent-burdened metro area in the U.S., according to a new report from Moody’s Analytics. A household with the median income in the Big Apple would need to pay nearly 69% of earnings to rent the averaged-priced apartment there, the research division

Stories about soaring rents and the search for a new place to live taking months are all too common in London right now. The city’s rental market is in crisis, and renters are facing the consequences.  One of them is Daniel Lloyd, who lives with his flatmate in southwest London. After living in their two-bedroom

China’s real estate market has slumped in the last two years after Beijing cracked down on developers’ high reliance on debt for growth. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China needs to do more in order to fix its real estate problems, the International Monetary Fund said Friday. The property market

Prospective buyers at an open house in Florida. Mike Stocker | South Florida Sun Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The average rate on the 30-year fixed rate mortgage has fallen to 5.99%, according to Mortgage News Daily. The housing market hasn’t seen the rate with a five handle since a brief blip

Hong Kong’s service sector will be the part of economy that sees “the biggest rebound” as borders reopen, UBP told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Thursday.  However, it warned that the sector is coming “from a very fragile situation,” given its contraction in every quarter of 2022.  “We can’t exclude the possibility of further insolvencies