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Housing Market's Spring Is Shaping Up as a Bust After April Sales Were Flat
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…
The American housing market is broken-and 3 years in, it's starting to look permanent
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…
Housing Market's Crucial 'Spring Selling Season' Is In Tatters
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…
Oakland revealed as joint worst housing market in America
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…
Vietnamese Folk Horror 'The 10th House' Lands Skyline Media for Cannes Film Market Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
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…
Gold House Honors Asian Pacific Leaders At Its Fifth Annual Gold Gala
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…
Sara Duterte: Philippines house impeaches VP for a second time
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…
Northampton theatre's front-of-house staff to return to the stage
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…
What Dems Must Now Overcome to Win the House
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…
Democrats still House favorites despite blows in Virginia, Supreme Court
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…
Hong Kong lawmakers urge rethink of housing development policy for elderly
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…
Why the bipartisan war on housing investors won't make housing more affordable
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…
$100m plan to use AI to speed up housing
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…
The cage match is on for tickets to Trump's UFC fight at the White House
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…
CGT and negative gearing reforms to hit house prices, economists say
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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