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A Quick Visit to the Housing Market
With so much going on, I managed to miss the release of data on existing home sales for March. According to the National Association of Realtors, it was down by 3.3 percent from February and 1.0 percent from March of last year. Sales were down in…
How New York's war on developers strangles our housing market
A stone's throw from the Brooklyn Bridge, at 70 Middagh St. in the historic Fulton Ferry neighborhood, stands a charming 10-unit apartment building, built in 1897. But more than a century of residential use took its toll on the rent-stabilized…
Soaring costs and short supply shut millennials out of housing market
(The Center Square) – Baby Boomers continue to dominate the U.S. housing market, buying and selling more homes last year than any other generation, while homeownership remains out of reach for many Americans. Despite widespread hopes for…
What a $200,000 salary can actually buy you in the Bay Area housing market
In America, a $200,000 salary is pretty good. In the U.S., the average annual salary in 2026 is $64,505 per Forbes; it's $79,900 here in California. A $200K salary puts you well above twice that average. Still, in the Bay Area, it won't go far when…
Thinking about moving? Here's what to know about the spring housing market
The number of homes on the market has decreased by 11% from last year, and less houses means more competition. Buyers should be ready for a quick move and slightly higher mortgage rates.
White House pushes cryptocurrency bill as midterms loom
The White House appears keen to move past a dispute between the banking and crypto industries that has held up Senate negotiations on the legislation since January. Key officials in and around the administration — from Treasury Secretary…
The message of A Doll's House is unbound by time
In many ways, Henrik Ibsen's 19th-century drama A Doll's House translates easily to our fraught age of late-stage capitalism. The world of Anya Reiss's adaptation is uncomfortably recognisable. Torvald Helmer (Tom Mothersdale) is a London finance…
English borough named HMO hotspot as shared housing market surges
Research by specialist landlord insurance provider Just Landlords, based on Freedom of Information data from councils across the country, shows annual HMO applications rising from 41,162 in 2018 to a record 57,725 last year. The data suggests…
White House 'feels good about the prospects of a deal
Donald Trump offered to 'permanently' open the Strait of Hormuz as a favour to China with Iran peace talks set to resume next week. The US President declared that Xi Jinping will 'give me a big, fat hug' for opening the vital waterway as he sought…
RFK Jr. to face questioning in House, Senate
He will appear before an Education and Workforce subcommittee Friday. Next week, Kennedy is set to testify in a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, the Senate HELP Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. Thursday will mark Kennedy's first…
White House finally breaks silence on 10 missing scientists
MORE: Missing nuclear official becomes TENTH person tied to dark pattern surrounding US secrets The White House has broken their silence on the disturbing string of deaths and disappearances involving scientists with knowledge of America's biggest…
Eight-bedroom house on sale for just £375k - but street is infamous
An enormous eight-bedroom house is on the market for £375,000, but there's one thing any prospective buyer should know. The huge property is located in Cromwell Street in Gloucestershire. It sits near to one of Britain's most notorious homes…
Soaring rents and a four-hour commute: the misery of the Lagos housing crisis
Every weekday before dawn, Oluwatobi Ogundipe leaves his small flat in Sango Ota, an industrial town in Ogun state, for a four hour commute to the glass towers of Lagos Island. Despite working in one of Nigeria's growing technology sectors, the…
Part 2: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-April 2026
Yesterday, in Part 1: Current State of the Housing Market; Overview for mid-April 2026 I reviewed home inventory and sales. I noted that the key stories this year for the existing home market are that months-of-supply was above pre-pandemic levels.
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