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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…

pressherald.com - Hannah LaClaire - Maine's housing market showing signs of life after slow start
Maine's housing market showing signs of life after slow start
Press Herald

The near-freeze on Maine's seasonally driven housing market has started to thaw, with real estate agents in Maine reporting more sales in April than in any other month this year, according to data released Monday by the Maine Association of…

news4jax.com - Jonathan Lundy - Northeast Florida housing market steadies in April as inventory rises: NEFAR
Northeast Florida housing market steadies in April as inventory rises: NEFAR
WJXT

DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. – Northeast Florida's housing market continued to normalize in April, with the median price for single-family homes dipping 1.3 percent to $390,000 while inventory rose, the Northeast Florida Association of Realtors said…

washingtonexaminer.com - John Gibbs - Making housing work for Americans
Making housing work for Americans
Washington Examiner

One method under discussion to address excessive financialization is to limit the ability of large institutional investors to purchase single-family housing. This proposal is politically popular across party lines because it appeals to the basic…

forbes.com - Emily Cappiello - House Style Is The Secret Behind Your Favorite Champagne
House Style Is The Secret Behind Your Favorite Champagne
Forbes

The vineyards of Champagne Palmer. Most Champagne drinkers can identify the houses they love almost instantly. Veuve Clicquot's richness. Taittinger's elegance. Drappier's vinous intensity. Even consumers who cannot fully explain dosage, reserve…

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…

theguardian.com - Jonathan Barrett - Changing tax rules for investors won't shrink housing supply or raise rents. Just look at Victoria
Changing tax rules for investors won't shrink housing supply or raise rents. Just look at Victoria
The Guardian

The Albanese government is preparing to unveil a budget that will recast housing as shelter – rather than a financial tool – in changes that have already sparked heated warnings that rents will rocket and housing supply will be…

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…

foxnews.com - CJ Womack - AOC's housing agenda under fire after NYC hotel rates jump 12%
AOC's housing agenda under fire after NYC hotel rates jump 12%
Fox News

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., escalated her criticism of billionaires and short-term rental companies as the debate intensified over housing affordability and economic policy. 'Take Airbnb,' Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X. 'They heavily lobby…

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…

thehill.com - Nathaniel Weixel - White House proposal encourages companies to offer fertility treatment benefits
White House proposal encourages companies to offer fertility treatment benefits
The Hill

A new proposed rule from the Trump administration aims to make it easier for employers to offer coverage of fertility treatments, as part of larger efforts to expand access to fertility services including in-vitro fertilization. The new rule…

boston.com - Ross Cristantiello - Mass. Senate passes bill to protect immigrants, with notable differences from House version
Mass. Senate passes bill to protect immigrants, with notable differences from House version
Boston.com

As anti-ICE sentiment reached new highs in January following the killings of two protesters in Minnesota, Gov. Maura Healey introduced legislation that seeks to rein in the immigration enforcement agency in a number of ways. After the House passed…

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…

cnbc.com - Davis Giangiulio - Series of court decisions weaken Democrats' odds of winning the House
Series of court decisions weaken Democrats' odds of winning the House
CNBC

Odds that the party wins control of the lower chamber have fallen to 75% from 85.3% on April 28. While Democrats are still favored to win control of the House, the odds they do it are at their lowest level since late December. Graeme Sloan |…

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