Tag: Real Estate

Amazon mockups of the Helix, a new conference center it intends to build in Arlington, Virginia

Amazon pauses construction of new headquarters near DC as it cuts jobs and costs

Christopher Hutton · March 3, 2023 4:44 pm

Home sale signs are posted along Topanga Canyon road in Los Angeles, on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes in September fell for the fourth month in a row, grinding to their slowest pace in more than a decade as prospective homebuyers grapple with surging mortgage rates and a near historic-low level of properties on the market.

Housing price gains decelerate in face of higher mortgage rates

Zach Halaschak · February 28, 2023 4:12 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package is prepared for shipment by a United Parcel Service (UPS) driver in Palo Alto, Calif. States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that the Senate advanced on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Median price for new home sales falls for first time since pandemic

Zach Halaschak · February 24, 2023 5:20 pm

A "For Sale" sign is posted outside a single family home, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Derry, N.H. On Tuesday, the National Association of Realtors reports on sales of existing homes in January.

Biden to lower FHA premiums in bid to lower costs for homebuyers

Zach Halaschak · February 22, 2023 8:08 pm

A "sale pending" sign is posted outside a single family home in a residential neighborhood, Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Derry, N.H. Mortgage rates were mixed this week. The benchmark 30-year loan fell for the third straight week amid lingering concerns over the recent surge in inflation. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reports that the average for the 30-year home loan eased to 2.88% from 2.90% last week, down from its peak this year of 3.18% in April.

Mortgage purchase applications fall to lowest level since 1995

Zach Halaschak · February 22, 2023 4:45 pm

New townhouses are seen in Wood-Ridge, N.J., Monday, Feb. 26, 2018.

Existing-home sales down nearly 37% from a year ago

Zach Halaschak · February 21, 2023 4:11 pm

Shortages, not greed, have driven rents higher — and here’s how to fix the problem

Deborah Collins and Roger Valdez · February 21, 2023 5:20 am

MV Group USA - New Construction $20 Million Bayfront Residence - Miami, Florida Custom Built by MV Group USA (Photo: Business Wire)

Florida home to majority of wealthiest neighborhoods in US

Asher Notheis · February 15, 2023 10:04 pm

In this June 15, 2018 file photo, $20 bills are counted in North Andover, Massachusetts.

Connecticut website allows residents to see if state owes them money

Asher Notheis · February 2, 2023 6:20 pm

Mortgage loan application volume decreased by 6.5% last week when compared to the week before. The volume of refinances dropped by 6% during that same time and is 75% lower than this time last year, according to the groupâs research.

Huge hit to home prices in west in 2023, Goldman warns: Phoenix, SF, Seattle

Zach Halaschak · January 30, 2023 8:00 am

Home sale signs are posted along Topanga Canyon road in Los Angeles, on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes in September fell for the fourth month in a row, grinding to their slowest pace in more than a decade as prospective homebuyers grapple with surging mortgage rates and a near historic-low level of properties on the market.

New home sales unexpectedly rise in December as mortgage rates soften

Zach Halaschak · January 26, 2023 3:03 pm

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) listens to Dr. Philip Nathan Jefferson, of North Carolina, nominated to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Feb. 3, 2022.

Warnock buys $1.1M DC home as allegations of church-sanctioned evictions resurface

Barnini Chakraborty · January 25, 2023 8:37 pm