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The Housing Market's Latest Hurdles: Copper, Lumber, Diesel and Aluminum
Rising mortgage rates aren't the housing market's only problem. Higher prices for building materials are boosting construction costs and busting renovation budgets. The data-center boom and disruptions at the world's second-largest copper mine have…
War Has Sent the Housing Market Back to Hibernation
War with Iran has halted a hard-won improvement in housing affordability. The release of the closely watched S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index today is expected to show home values continuing to move sideways. When the thaw…
America's housing market decline is 'no longer just a Sun Belt story'-LA and Dallas are tumbling, too
For the past two years, the story of falling home prices was largely a Sun Belt story — an unwinding of the pandemic-era land rush that had sent values in Austin, Tampa, and Phoenix to unsustainable heights. As recently as February…
Live in a 1700s house next door to the Salem Witch House
Attention, lovers of all things witchy. The house at 314 Essex St. in Salem, a 4,670-square-foot Georgian-style home, is on the market as a residential property for the first time in 80 years, listed at $1.99 million. Originally built in 1755 for…
Affordable Housing Innovation Prizes Awarded
The City of Chattanooga's affordable housing PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) was redesigned in 2024 to directly connect the value of a property tax abatement to the real cost of delivering affordable housing units. Every area of human endeavor has…
High-rise to be 'benchmark' for social housing
Architects say they are designing the first new high-rise building for social rent in Plymouth for several years which will replace a 14-storey tower block. Plymouth Community Homes (PCH) said it had selected Building Design Partnership (BDP) as…
Interstate migration, not Congress, makes housing affordable
The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are negotiating a new housing bill as Americans have become increasingly concerned with affordability. Unfortunately, any federal housing bill would do little to make housing more affordable and could…
New Sunderland Culture House library to open seven days a week
Jason Arunn MurugesuNorth East and Cumbria A new city centre library will open seven days a week, a local authority has said. Sunderland City Council said its new facility in the Culture House building would operate between 10 and 6 each day when…
House Democrats label GOP reconciliation push 'political malpractice'
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the campaign arm of House Democrats, is accusing Republicans of “committing political malpractice” by pushing a bill that would fund federal immigration agencies through the…
Why New Zealand's Housing Bubble Burst
Good morning from a rainy Sydney. President Donald Trump once again signaled that talks with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are making progress, with global markets responding positively. Locally, my colleague Ainsley Thomson in Wellington has…
People stunned by Florida homeowner lifting house 24 feet into the air
A homeowner in Pinellas County, on Florida's Gulf Coast, is lifting her house 24 feet into the air in a dramatic effort to avoid future flooding after repeated storm damage. The project, reported by Tampa's WFLA News Channel 8, highlights the…
White House proposes NDAs for federal workers to crack down on leaks to journalists
Donald Trump 's administration on Tuesday proposed asking federal employees to sign nondisclosure agreements with the goal of preventing them from sharing confidential information with journalists. The office of personnel management (OPM), the…
Chip Bonus Boom Raises Inflation, Housing Risks for BOK, BE Says
Samsung Electronics Co. 's bonus deal with workers risks turning South Korea's AI-driven chip boom into a new source of inflation and housing-market pressure that the Bank of Korea will have to address, according to Bloomberg Economics. Bonuses…
Architecturally iconic': Duluth's Mushroom House for sale
Local News One of the more interesting houses on the market in Duluth is what's known to locals as the 'Mushroom House.' DULUTH, Minn. — House hunting? There is one real estate listing in Duluth that might just be the most unique in the…
HoYoverse to invest up to $14.6bn in AI for in-house tools
Honkai: Star Rail publisher HoYoverse will reportedly invest up to $14.6 billion in AI over the next three years. According to GameLook (via GamingonPhoneBiz), the announcement was made during a private technology and recruitment session on May 15…
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