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wsj.com - Nicole Friedman - Real-Estate Agents Are Quitting the Slow Housing Market
Real-Estate Agents Are Quitting the Slow Housing Market
Wall Street Journal

Kim Taylor bet her career on the housing market. In mid-2023, the real-estate agent launched her own brokerage with her husband, Gordon Taylor. The market in the Fort Worth, Texas, area had cooled from its pandemic-era frenzy, but business was…

fortune.com - Tristan Bove - Pandemic relief loan fraud was a catalyst for America's broken housing market, study finds
Pandemic relief loan fraud was a catalyst for America's broken housing market, study finds
Fortune

Anyone on the market for a new house over the past six years has had rotten luck. Between 2020 and 2022, the median sale price for a home rose nearly 40%, and it has barely tapered off since then. Many prospective homebuyers would say they've felt…

fool.com - Daniel Foelber - Zillow Just Painted a Grim Outlook for the Housing Market. Here Are 3 Beaten-Down Stocks to Buy Anyway.
Zillow Just Painted a Grim Outlook for the Housing Market. Here Are 3 Beaten-Down Stocks to Buy Anyway.
The Motley Fool

Zillow (ZG 1.23%) (Z 1.24%) stock is hovering around a three-year low. This follows the company's delivery of weak guidance with a forecast for a flat housing market in the second half of the year, even when factoring in a slower-than-expected…

thehill.com - Scott Turner, opinion contributor - 'Housing First' became housing only
'Housing First' became housing only
The Hill

Americans know something is broken across our communities, and particularly in our major cities. Across the country, Americans see encampments growing, addiction and severe mental illness playing out in public, and vulnerable Americans trapped in…

washingtonexaminer.com - Daniel Idfresne - Mamdani's housing plan will not solve NYC's housing crisis
Mamdani's housing plan will not solve NYC's housing crisis
Washington Examiner

But Mamdani's homage to Austin ends there. New Yorkers, whose median rents are soaring to all-time highs, must be dismayed by Block by Block's fine print. New York City's newly built units will be rent-stabilized. It's true that Austin offered…

boston.com - Madeline Bilis - The Hilltop Steak House family is parting ways with their eclectic 1970s house
The Hilltop Steak House family is parting ways with their eclectic 1970s house
Boston.com

Even if you never visited Hilltop Steak House in Saugus before it closed in 2013, there's a good chance you're familiar with its legendary neon sign: a giant green cactus that still presides over Route 1. It's a flashy, retro statement piece, much…

independent.co.uk - Anna Wise - UK house sales surge as experts warn of stamp duty market distortion
UK house sales surge as experts warn of stamp duty market distortion
The Independent

UK house sales soared by 53 per cent last month compared with the previous year, new estimates reveal, though experts have cautioned that stamp duty changes are 'distorting' the market. According to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures, 101,030…

washingtonexaminer.com - Mamdani's nonprofit takeover of New York housing
Mamdani's nonprofit takeover of New York housing
Washington Examiner

New York's socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, promises to spend $22 billion over the next five years building 200,000 new “affordable” homes and “preserving” another 200,000. Time will tell if he meets that goal even as he…

theguardian.com - Ruth Corbett - 'It's the colour and artworks that make my house sing'
'It's the colour and artworks that make my house sing'
The Guardian

The children's nursery rhyme I Can Sing a Rainbow swirls at the back of my mind as I wander the bright and beautiful rooms of art collector and author Ruth Evans's north London home. Red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue…

arstechnica.com - Jennifer Ouellette - House of the Dragon S3 trailer revels in dragons, fire, and blood
House of the Dragon S3 trailer revels in dragons, fire, and blood
Ars Technica

Some viewers were disappointed that the second season of House of the Dragon ended not with a bang, but a whimper. But the big battle sequence that season 2 set up will open season 3 with a bang, judging by the latest trailer, which has all the…

bbc.co.uk - Eleanor Maslin - Three people taken to hospital after Boston house fire
Three people taken to hospital after Boston house fire
BBC

Eleanor Maslin East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Three people have been taken to hospital after a fire in Boston. Emergency services were called to a house on Main Ridge East at about 20:15 BST on Thursday. One of those taken to hospital had serious…

bbc.co.uk - John Wimperis - Scaled back South Stoke housing plans fail to win over locals
Scaled back South Stoke housing plans fail to win over locals
BBC

John Wimperis Local Democracy Reporting Service Plans to build hundreds of homes that previously sparked a huge public backlash have failed to win over locals despite being has been scaled back. The Hignett Family Trust's latest plan is for 200…

gizmodo.com - Isaiah Colbert - The Final 'House of the Dragon' Season 3 Trailer Promises Suffering for All
The Final 'House of the Dragon' Season 3 Trailer Promises Suffering for All
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Just in case folks needed reminding, HBO Max dropped the final trailer for the third season of House of the Dragon to further hammer home the point that the body count will be high during the Targaryen civil war for the Iron Throne. As we've seen…

bloomberg.com - Bloomberg Hot Pursuit!: Auction House President Kenneth Ahn
Bloomberg Hot Pursuit!: Auction House President Kenneth Ahn
Bloomberg

Hot Pursuit! is a weekly, bi-coastal podcast that gives car lovers the inside look they crave. Hosts Hannah Elliott and Matt Miller cover reporting from design studios, auction blocks, production lines and racetracks. Listen for drive reviews, news…

bbc.co.uk - Open-air pool pavilion and social housing among best buildings winners
Open-air pool pavilion and social housing among best buildings winners
BBC

Ten buildings have been unveiled as the winners of the annual Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) awards. The buildings include new social housing, healthcare and education buildings, and a restored pavilion at an historic open-air…

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