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newsweek.com - Giulia Carbonaro - Mortgage rates are creating a two-tier housing market
Mortgage rates are creating a two-tier housing market
Newsweek

Mortgage rates hit their highest level in over a year this week, exacerbating American would-be homebuyers' affordability struggles while giving an even bigger edge to cash buyers and foreign investors. The average 30-year fixed-rate climbed to…

standard.co.uk - Henry Saker-Clark - Persimmon improves completion guidance despite 'challenging' housing market
Persimmon improves completion guidance despite 'challenging' housing market
Evening Standard

News from the City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Housebuilder Persimmon has said it expects to deliver…

independent.co.uk - Henry Saker-Clark - Persimmon improves completion guidance despite 'challenging' housing market
Persimmon improves completion guidance despite 'challenging' housing market
The Independent

Housebuilder Persimmon has said it expects to deliver home completions at the “upper end” of targets, despite a challenging property market. Boss Dean Finch said that “affordability constraints and build cost pressures”…

afr.com - James Thomson - Is this the first sign of hope for the housing market?
Is this the first sign of hope for the housing market?
Australian Financial Review

Cameron McIntyre, the chief of real estate classifieds giant REA Group, reckons reports of the demise of Australia's property market are greatly exaggerated. “I almost feel like it's a case of the gloomier the number, the bigger the…

theguardian.com - Patrick Commins - Can Australia make housing affordable while avoiding a major market crash? We may soon find out
Can Australia make housing affordable while avoiding a major market crash? We may soon find out
The Guardian

The Reserve Bank has hiked interest rates and the property market is in retreat. So far, so normal. There is a sense that this year's fall in home prices feels different from previous episodes. The data tells another story. Over the past four…

dorsetecho.co.uk - PA News Agency - Persimmon improves completion guidance despite 'challenging' housing market
Persimmon improves completion guidance despite 'challenging' housing market
Dorset Echo

Boss Dean Finch said that “affordability constraints and build cost pressures” are continuing to drag on the industry. However, the company said profits are on track with guidance and it expects to complete around 12,500 homes in…

dailymail.com - Joanna Hynds For Daily Mail - The $345,000 sign the housing market has turned in Australia
The $345,000 sign the housing market has turned in Australia
Mail Online

Sydney home sold for $345,000 less A multi-million dollar home has sold for $345,000 less than what it was bought for months earlier, exposing the bleak reality facing home sellers. The six-bedroom property in Eastwood, north-west Sydney, was…

bbc.co.uk - James Gregory - Conservatives pledge to ban foreign nationals from social housing
Conservatives pledge to ban foreign nationals from social housing
BBC

James Gregory Political reporter The Conservatives have said they would end the provision of social housing for foreign nationals in England if they win power at the next election. The party said ending new tenancies for all foreign nationals, as…

bbc.co.uk - James Gregory - Conservatives pledge to ban foreign nationals from social housing
Conservatives pledge to ban foreign nationals from social housing
BBC

The Conservatives have said they would end the provision of social housing for foreign nationals in England if they win power at the next election. The party said ending new tenancies for all foreign nationals, as well as current tenancies for…

forbes.com - Jon Markman - Anthropic Enters The AI Chip Race With In-House Chip Team
Anthropic Enters The AI Chip Race With In-House Chip Team
Forbes

The Anthropic AI logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on February 24, 2026. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Anthropic has quietly joined the frontier labs designing their own…

bbc.co.uk - Steve Jones - Sheffield houses and gardens damaged by 'deliberate' field fire
Sheffield houses and gardens damaged by 'deliberate' field fire
BBC

A fire that was started deliberately in a field has damages houses and gardens after the flames spread. Six fire crews were called to the blaze on Harthill Road in Woodthorpe, Sheffield, just after 17:30 BST on Wednesday. A South Yorkshire Fire and…

businessinsider.com - Allie Kelly - A surprising backer of America's affordable housing push: Big banks
A surprising backer of America's affordable housing push: Big banks
Business Insider

JPMorgan Chase announced plans to shell out $750 billion to boost America's home supply — and it isn't the only big bank in the housing development game. The Jamie Dimon-led financial giant said this week that it will finance 1 million…

washingtonexaminer.com - Adisa Hargett-Robinson - White House launches Fraud.gov to track fraud cases
White House launches Fraud.gov to track fraud cases
Washington Examiner

The White House launched Fraud.gov on Thursday, a website tracking the administration's crackdown on fraud across federal agencies. According to the White House, the website serves as a public dashboard that highlights investigations, criminal…

standard.co.uk - Sam Hall - Arrests after 'crowd tries to storm asylum-linked house and officer bitten'
Arrests after 'crowd tries to storm asylum-linked house and officer bitten'
Evening Standard

Arrests were made after a female police officer was “seriously bitten” and crowds attempted to storm homes linked to asylum seekers during a second night of disorder in a market town. Two men were arrested after two police officers…

newsweek.com - Giulia Carbonaro - Half Michigan renters pay too much for housing. Where El-Sayed and Rogers stand
Half Michigan renters pay too much for housing. Where El-Sayed and Rogers stand
Newsweek

Housing affordability in Michigan is shaping up to be a major issue in the state's upcoming Senate election which will see progressive Abdul El-Sayed face rival Republican Mike Rogers after winning the Democratic primary this week. Like much of the…

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