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afr.com - Lucy Slade - Sydney, Melbourne price declines deepen in 'glum' housing market
Sydney, Melbourne price declines deepen in 'glum' housing market
Australian Financial Review

Sydney is leading a national housing downturn with price falls accelerating there and in Melbourne, while growth has eased in the smaller capitals as Labor's tax changes and the prospect of further interest rate rises douse buyer confidence. Led by…

abc.net.au - Live: Government defends budget housing tax changes as market cools
Live: Government defends budget housing tax changes as market cools
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

It's the start of a new financial year so you know what that means: a bunch of new measures will start rolling out. From today, the government says more than 14 million Australians will get a tax cut of up to $268 dollars. Paid Parental Leave…

forbes.com - Shimon Shkury - A Rent Freeze Is Not A Housing Strategy
A Rent Freeze Is Not A Housing Strategy
Forbes

Pre-1974 New York City apartment buildings. New York City's latest rent freeze has once again turned the Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) into the center of the city's housing debate. The decision to freeze rents for both one-year and two-year…

marketwatch.com - Australian House Price Slide Fans Fears Of Extended Slump
Australian House Price Slide Fans Fears Of Extended Slump
MarketWatch

Property research firm Cotality said Wednessday that its national home value index dropped 0.4% in June, with the decline led by Sydney and Melbourne, the country's two largest property markets. Sydney home values fell 1.2% over the month, while…

forbes.com - Jamie Gold - Will The New Bipartisan Housing Bill Help First Time Buyers?
Will The New Bipartisan Housing Bill Help First Time Buyers?
Forbes

New housing legislation aims to make homeownership more affordable for more Americans. In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the House and Senate sent the 21 Century ROAD to Housing Act to the President for his signature. What benefits will it bring…

newsweek.com - Giulia Carbonaro - America's shrinking population won't solve the housing crisis
America's shrinking population won't solve the housing crisis
Newsweek

U.S. population growth has slowed to near zero, the latest data show, and is projected to fall further in the near future, potentially pushing down already dwindling demand for housing across the country, experts say. The impact of this slowdown…

forbes.com - David Thomas Tao - One Of Kentucky's Best Blending Houses Merged Bourbon, Rye, Calvados, And Rum
One Of Kentucky's Best Blending Houses Merged Bourbon, Rye, Calvados, And Rum
Forbes

Even among die-hard American whiskey fans, Frank August isn't quite a household name. Co-founded in 2022 by fashion executive Johnathan Crocker, the brand doesn't distill its own whiskey. It doesn't maintain a huge retail presence. And though Frank…

dailystar.co.uk - Emma O'Neill - Preston Davey's murderers house back on market for £370k with warning to buyers
Preston Davey's murderers house back on market for £370k with warning to buyers
Daily Star

The former residence of two adoptive fathers imprisoned following the killing of Preston Davey has been relisted for sale, with potential purchasers being alerted to its previous occupants. Jamie Varley and his then partner John McGowan-Fazakerley…

forbes.com - Jonathan Tower - The ROAD To Housing Act: Congress's Down Payment On The American Dream
The ROAD To Housing Act: Congress's Down Payment On The American Dream
Forbes

Overhead aerial view of terraced homes and gardens. America has been here before. When postwar veterans flooded Long Island demanding homes they could afford, local officials tore down the rules that made building impossible — and Levittown…

thesun.co.uk - Emily Mee - Six easy ways to boost your house price and bag a sale in sluggish market
Six easy ways to boost your house price and bag a sale in sluggish market
The Sun

HOME sellers got some unwelcome news today: the housing market is grinding to a halt, and finding a buyer is becoming increasingly difficult. Property website Zoopla found three in five homes listed for sale since January are STILL yet to find a…

thehill.com - Filip Timotija - House sinks Tlaib's Lebanon war powers resolution
House sinks Tlaib's Lebanon war powers resolution
The Hill

The resolution failed in a 189-235 vote with two GOP lawmakers backing the resolution, while 22 Democrats opposed the measure. The measure said that “nothing in this concurrent resolution may be construed to prevent or limit security…

newsweek.com - Giulia Carbonaro - Donald Trump's 'unimportant' housing bill claims assessed
Donald Trump's 'unimportant' housing bill claims assessed
Newsweek

President Donald Trump is continuing to dismiss Congress' landmark bipartisan housing package as 'a big yawn,' even after acknowledging that the voting legislation he demanded in exchange for signing it is unlikely to clear the Senate. The standoff…

theatlantic.com - Matteo Wong - I Spent a Week in a Hacker House
I Spent a Week in a Hacker House
The Atlantic

On a Friday in April, I hopped into an Uber to a fish market in San Francisco with a couple of tech founders on a mission to buy lobsters. Not for dinner, but for science: The duo dreamed of one day altering human consciousness, but they would…

washingtonexaminer.com - Daniel Idfresne - Mamdani wants Austin housing results with socialist rent-freeze politics
Mamdani wants Austin housing results with socialist rent-freeze politics
Washington Examiner

“It ignores the quantifiable economics of what it takes to provide quality housing,” commercial real estate executive Ronald Cohen said. “A rent freeze is a very myopic option that just adds insult to injury. Everyone…

businessinsider.com - Brent D. Griffiths - Anthropic to restore access to Fable 5 after negotiations with White House
Anthropic to restore access to Fable 5 after negotiations with White House
Business Insider

Anthropic is bringing back Fable 5 after a dispute with the Trump administration led to the suspension of access to its most powerful publicly available AI model. 'We've received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on…

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