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Home sales nosedive in January as housing market teeters
READ MORE: F oreclosure bloodbath deepens as banks seize 40,000 homes Home sales were down 8.4 percent in January - the biggest decline in four years. This drop - which came amidst frigid Winter temperatures and low consumer confidence - is the…
The UK Housing Market May Have Turned a Corner
This article is for subscribers only. Welcome to the award-winning Money Distilled newsletter. I'm John Stepek. Every week day I look at the biggest stories in markets and economics, and explain what it all means for your money. The UK housing…
KB Home CEO: Homebuilders are slowing spec builds in weaker housing markets
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert's ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. One of the clearest messages from KB Home's leadership during its last earnings call was that the homebuilder—ranked No. 526…
Homebuilder sounds housing market alarm on massive builder rate buydowns and underwater risk
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert's ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. During an earnings call in June 2025, KB Home's McGibney—whose company prefers outright home price cuts over incentives when…
The affordability crisis is driving unprecedented price cuts in the housing market, Realtor.com says
The housing affordability crisis is forcing homebuilders to do something they've almost never done: slash prices on new homes more aggressively than homeowners are lowering asks for their homes on the market. This is a first for the housing market…
Elma is one of the hottest housing markets in Western New York
ELMA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Elma is one of the hottest housing markets in all of Western New York, according to Mandy Carl of Element Realty Services. Carl was recently asked to research real estate in seven municipalities: Town of Aurora, Elma…
Denver's housing market cools as area marks one of the slowest points for sales since 2008
DENVER — Denver's housing market is cooling down. A report from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors found the housing market in January hit one of its slowest months for sales since 2008. Realtor Susan Thayer, a market trends committee…
Maine's housing market off to a slow start in January
Fewer Maine homes sold last month than in January 2025 — but for higher prices — kicking off the year with a familiar, if slow, pattern after an unpredictable market in 2025. Data released Thursday by the Maine Association of Realtors…
House on market for £1.5m - but it's not what you'd expect inside
A beautiful-looking detached home has come on the market for £1.5 million, but despite its seemingly normal exterior - it's not what you'd expect inside. Being marketed as the ultimate 'blank canvas', the bare-bones property is missing walls…
America's housing trouble spots revealed in fascinating map
READ MORE: Realtors reveal what homeowners must do as price crash fears hit America's housing market is flashing new warning signs - with a growing number of homeowners stuck owing more on their mortgage than their property could sell for. New data…
Apple acquires all rights to 'Severance,' will produce future seasons in-house
Apple has acquired the IP and all rights to its hit show “Severance” from its original studio, Fifth Season, as first reported by Deadline. Under the deal, which was worth just under $70 million, Apple's in-house studio will be…
Glasgow at breaking point due to housing applications from OUTSIDE UK
An astonishing surge in applications for housing from outside the UK has fuelled an accommodation crisis in Scotland's biggest city. New figures reveal that 1,290 people applied for housing in Glasgow who had no local connection in 2023/24. This is…
What has happened to the House amendment process?
Whenever there's a procedural debate in the House, the discussion inevitably turns to why the amendment process has become so closed — especially to any opportunities for the minority party to offer its policy alternatives. The majority…
Edinburgh tourist tax to help tackle city's housing emergency
Money raised from Edinburgh's tourist tax will be used to tackle the city's housing emergency by building nearly 500 affordable homes, councillors have confirmed. The visitor levy of 5% on overnight stays in hotels, bed and breakfasts and…
America's affordability crisis is a housing shortage
Almost all of them will still say some version of a single-family home — a place with a little space, a yard, a good school, and safe streets, according to a new survey from the Institute for Family Studies. Yet for the past century…
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