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Booming population pressures central Ohio's housing market
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Central Ohio is building homes at a pace not seen since the Great Recession — but experts say the rapid growth may be outpacing what many families can afford. According to new U.S. Census data, national homebuilder…
Falling Rents Are Holding the Housing Market Captive
A historic wave of apartment construction has kept rental prices down in much of the US, allowing would-be buyers to put off purchasing decisions. There are many reasons for the sluggishness in housing transactions, but an underappreciated one is…
37 housing markets where sellers hold the most power heading into summer 2025
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert's ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. National active housing inventory for sale at the end of April 2025 was up 31% compared to April 2024. That's just 16% below…
China Weighs Housing Market Overhaul to Curb Pre-Sales
China is mulling a dramatic overhaul in the way homes are sold nationwide, requiring developers to offer only completed properties instead of using the pre-sales model that has exacerbated the housing crisis, according to people familiar with the…
Bank of Canada highlights risks to the Canadian housing market
Sales numbers for Canadian home sales are plunging Adam Button 08/05/2025 | 14:33 GMT The Bank of Canada is out with its latest Financial Stability report. It's mostly a risk-highlighting exercise that has little impact on financial markets but I…
Housing Market Forecasts for the Second Half of the Year
From rising home prices to mortgage rate swings, the housing market has left a lot of people wondering what's next – and whether now is really the right time to move. There is one place you can turn to for answers you want the most. And…
Housing Market Moves to the Margins as Suburbs Beyond 20km From CBD Dominate Growth
Outer suburban markets are driving Australia's housing price growth, as affordability pressures push buyers further from city centres. New data from property analytics firm Cotality shows that lower-priced areas on the outskirts of capital cities…
Vancouver's luxury housing market stalls as listings rise, buyers hold back
While Vancouver's luxury housing market appears entrenched in buyer's territory this spring, according to Sotheby's International Realty Canada. Citing data from the Greater Vancouver Realtors professional association, the brokerage said on…
House GOP out of sync on Medicaid
One of the thorniest issues facing House Republicans has yet to be resolved, even as the Energy and Commerce Committee barrels toward a meeting early next week to mark up its portion of President Trump's domestic policy bill. As lawmakers left…
US House Passes Bill on Trump's Gulf of America
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to formally change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, following President Donald Trump's executive order, though the measure…
U.S. House votes to change name of Gulf of Mexico
A capitol police officer walks past a display of a map showing the 'Gulf of America' in front of the office of Speaker Mike Johnson on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Photo by Anna Rose Layden/UPI Tourists walks past a display of the…
I have never in 20 years seen this much buyer power': Why now could actually be a really good time to buy a house
'It's not the best time to buy a house.' Real estate agent Jill Leberknight hears this a lot. And it makes sense, right? Home prices have skyrocketed in recent years, mortgage rates are too high, and properties move so quickly from listed to sold…
Latest on the White House-Vatican relationship. UK trade agreement and EV funding freeze
CBS13 political analyst Gary Dietrich discusses the newly elected pope, President Trump announcing a UK trade agreement and the latest on the EV funding freeze.
Brit expat murdered in France was 'buying a house and leaving husband
A British woman murdered outside her holiday home in France was buying a small property to live by herself after serving divorce papers on her husband, MailOnline can reveal. Karen Carter, 65, had viewed and agreed a sale on a charming one-bedroom…
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