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Merryn Talks Money: UK Housing Market
Are UK house prices really taking off — or is something else at play? On this week's personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek dig into the latest eye-catching figures and reveal why the…
D.R. Horton Profit Falls as Housing Market Awaits Turnaround
recorded a lower first-quarter profit as affordability concerns continued to put off home buyers, hurting sales and forcing the company to offer big incentives. The home builder posted net income of $594.8 million, or $2.03 a share, down from…
Broken housing market 'has shut out 1.5m potential buyers'
At least 1.5 million people have been locked out of homeownership because of Britain's housing crisis, developers have warned. The scale of declining homeownership has been laid bare in a new report from the Home Builders Federation (HBF), which…
Get ready to enter a bidding war in these 10 housing markets this year
While some are moving to the Sun Belt and Snow Belt seeking more affordable places to settle down, many other markets in the country remain expensive precisely because they're in demand. Zillow released its predictions for the hottest markets going…
What 2026 could hold for Houston's housing market
Expect lower mortgage rates but a relatively tough yet stable housing market in the Houston region this year. Why it matters: The fate of the housing market is tied to factors both national (like interest rates) and local (housing inventory)…
Americans are driving less - and it could upend the housing market
Americans' driving habits are in gradual decline. It could impact the housing market, according to a recent report. Despite Americans driving less, most new housing supply continues to be built in car-dependent areas, according to Realtor.com…
Jersey housing experts 'optimistic' 2026 will be good for market - BBC News
Housing industry experts are optimistic 2026 will be a better year for people in Jersey looking to buy and sell homes. Estate agents said an increase in the number of homes being sold combined with improved consumer confidence following the Bank of…
White House to build a 'secure underground facility
Donald Trump 's renovations to the White House will include the top-secret bunker underneath the new East Wing. The controversial project includes Trump's $300 million Big Beautiful Ballroom and a hi-tech reimagining of the secret bunker. The old…
Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, Trump plans to lay out how he'll make housing more affordable
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump plans to use a key address Wednesday to try to convince Americans he can make housing more affordable, but he's picked a strange backdrop for the speech: a Swiss mountain town where ski chalets for vacations…
Japanese knotweed and murder: what happens when a seller lies about a house
Moths. Japanese knotweed. Ladybirds. Nightmare neighbours. Murder. All have been grounds for complaint after a buyer purchases a property and discovers, upon moving in, that the seller didn't tell the whole truth. A notorious case reached the High…
Locals blast 'unfair' £100m housing scheme for asylum seekers
For Roger Lucas, the owner of a vintage scooter shop in Margate, Britain's housing crisis feels deeply personal. The businessman's sister has been stuck on a council housing waiting list for more than two years. So when he heard of a plan to use…
One year in, Trump and White House try to keep America First coalition together
Like Greene, former Texas Republican Party Chairman Tom Pauken was “cautiously optimistic” about Trump's second administration, but told the Washington Examiner he has become “very disappointed” in it because of the…
Trump building secret White House bunker to withstand nuclear attack-report
President Donald Trump is building a secret White House bunker to withstand a nuclear attack, CNN has reported. Newsweek contacted the White House via email for comment. The decades-old underground complex beneath the White House East Wing, which…
London House Building Collapses 84% in a Decade as Sales Plunge
The UK government is on course to miss its London housing targets by a wide margin after plunging new home sales led to a collapse in the number of new apartments under construction. Just 5,547 homes were started in the UK capital last year, an 84%…
Editorial | Hong Kong must tackle the 'demoralising impact' of unaffordable housing
Owning a home has long been an elusive dream for many young people in Hong Kong, but an alarming new study shows how much harder it now is to climb the housing ladder. Authorities should carefully review the research and redouble efforts to reverse…
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