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wsj.com - Nicole Friedman - Housing Market's Spring Is Shaping Up as a Bust After April Sales Were Flat
Housing Market's Spring Is Shaping Up as a Bust After April Sales Were Flat
Wall Street Journal

Home sales were flat in April, dealing a substantial blow to a housing industry that was counting on a strong spring season to emerge from an extended slump. Sales of existing homes rose 0.2% in April over the previous month to a seasonally…

fortune.com - Alex Veiga - The American housing market is broken-and 3 years in, it's starting to look permanent
The American housing market is broken-and 3 years in, it's starting to look permanent
Fortune

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were essentially flat in April, another lackluster showing for the housing market during what's traditionally its busiest time of the year. Existing home sales edged up 0.2% last month from March to a…

zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden - Housing Market's Crucial 'Spring Selling Season' Is In Tatters
Housing Market's Crucial 'Spring Selling Season' Is In Tatters
Zero Hedge

Late last year and early this year, the story was that dropping mortgage rates, powered by big rate cuts from the Fed, would unleash demand in the housing market in the spring – the key spring selling season – and that sales volume…

nypost.com - Benjamin Brown - Oakland revealed as joint worst housing market in America
Oakland revealed as joint worst housing market in America
New York Post

Home prices in Oakland, California have plummeted nearly 10 percent from this time last year, evaporating the equity owners spent years growing and sliding the housing market back to levels not seen in a decade. The average home value in Oakland is…

variety.com - Naman Ramachandran - Vietnamese Folk Horror 'The 10th House' Lands Skyline Media for Cannes Film Market Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Vietnamese Folk Horror 'The 10th House' Lands Skyline Media for Cannes Film Market Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety

Vietnam-based Skyline Media has acquired worldwide sales rights to “ The 10th House,” a folk horror feature from ProductionQ, with the title set to be introduced to buyers at the Cannes Film Market. The pre-production project is the…

forbes.com - Laura Sirikul - Gold House Honors Asian Pacific Leaders At Its Fifth Annual Gold Gala
Gold House Honors Asian Pacific Leaders At Its Fifth Annual Gold Gala
Forbes

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 09: Priyanka Chopra Jonas accepts the Global Vanguard award onstage during the Gold House 5th Annual Gold Gala at The Music Center on May 09, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for…

bbc.co.uk - Joel Guinto - Sara Duterte: Philippines house impeaches VP for a second time
Sara Duterte: Philippines house impeaches VP for a second time
BBC

The Philippine House of Representatives has voted to impeach Vice-President Sara Duterte for a second time, threatening her plan to run for president in 2028. Monday's vote moves the impeachment process to the Senate for trial, where if convicted…

bbc.co.uk - Isabella Verona - Northampton theatre's front-of-house staff to return to the stage
Northampton theatre's front-of-house staff to return to the stage
BBC

Isabella Verona Northamptonshire A theatre's front-of-house team who became TikTok stars for their dance routines are putting on a sequel to their first stage show. Staff at the Royal and Derngate in Northampton are performing the musical La Grande…

talkingpointsmemo.com - David Kurtz - What Dems Must Now Overcome to Win the House
What Dems Must Now Overcome to Win the House
TPM - Talking Points Memo

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM's Morning Memo. The impact of the redistricting decisions by the U.S. and Virginia supreme courts is beginning to get factored into analyses of the 2026 House elections, but let's…

thehill.com - Jared Gans - Democrats still House favorites despite blows in Virginia, Supreme Court
Democrats still House favorites despite blows in Virginia, Supreme Court
The Hill

Trump rejects Iran's response Congress back for busy week Putin floats end to Ukraine war Changing the guard in Hungary Democrats are still in the driver's seat toward winning back control of the House, despite suffering a major blow in Virginia on…

scmp.com - Jess Ma - Hong Kong lawmakers urge rethink of housing development policy for elderly
Hong Kong lawmakers urge rethink of housing development policy for elderly
South China Morning Post

Hong Kong lawmakers have called for a rethink of a government scheme to develop homes for the elderly, days after the city's second largest public housing provider revealed it would stop building homes targeting senior residents for the coming 10…

reason.com - Christian Britschgi - Why the bipartisan war on housing investors won't make housing more affordable
Why the bipartisan war on housing investors won't make housing more affordable
Reason Magazine - Free Minds and Free Markets

In March, the U.S. Senate passed a bill full of tweaks to federal grant programs and regulations. Although nearly all of the bill's provisions are aimed at increasing the housing supply, one would undermine that goal. That provision, inserted at…

abc.net.au - Jake Evans - $100m plan to use AI to speed up housing
$100m plan to use AI to speed up housing
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

An AI tool to help housing developers get projects through the Commonwealth's environmental assessment process will be funded in Tuesday's federal budget. The measure is among a suite of changes expected to fundamentally reshape Australia's housing…

nbcnews.com - The cage match is on for tickets to Trump's UFC fight at the White House
The cage match is on for tickets to Trump's UFC fight at the White House
NBC News

As something of a professional Republican, April Melton has attended her fair share of ho-hum events in the nation's capital. But there's one coming up that the chair of the Black Hawk County, Iowa, GOP is dying to see up close: an Ultimate…

afr.com - Lea Jurkovic - CGT and negative gearing reforms to hit house prices, economists say
CGT and negative gearing reforms to hit house prices, economists say
Australian Financial Review

The Albanese government's expected changes to the capital gains tax discount and negative gearing could cause house prices fall by up to 4 per cent, making homes slightly cheaper for younger buyers, economists estimate. But the decision to largely…

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