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Zillow downgrades its home price forecast. Here's its outlook for 400-plus housing markets
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert's ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Zillow economists just published their updated 12-month forecast, projecting that U.S. home prices—as measured by the Zillow…
Why Latinos are California's best hope for a sane housing market
Californians rank housing as their biggest concern — and Sacramento politicians seem determined to keep it that way. To be sure, there are much-hyped new bills meant to speed up new construction — but they favor high-density around…
The Anglesey estate where only two houses have been sold
In a village just a stone's throw away from the popular seaside town of Benllech, a group of new-build homes sit mostly empty. Out of the 16 properties, only two have been bought since construction was finished more than two years ago. Under…
UK minister working up plans for state-owned housing developer
The housing secretary has been working up plans for a state-owned housing developer, according to details leaked to the Guardian, as the government looks for ways to stimulate stubbornly low rates of housebuilding. Steve Reed has been looking at…
House Democrats brace for headaches with growing left wing
The election of a trio of far-left candidates in New York's primaries could create headaches for House Democratic leadership determined to stage a unified and effective pushback to President Trump should the party retake the chamber. Recent years…
A look at life inside a London retrofit house during a heatwave
'I'm starting to regret not adding air con,' says Catherine Katzka, who retrofitted her 1960s family townhouse in south-east London in 2022. Katzka's home has a mechanical ventilation heat recovery (MVHR) system, which circulates fresh air through…
Suffolk female builders finish work inside 'dream house
A couple attempting to renovate their home using an all-female team said that women carried out about 90% of the work. Kat and Fi Parsons started renovating their home in Gosbeck near Needham Market, Suffolk, at the start of 2025 and set a target…
Suffolk female builders finish work inside 'dream house
Alice Cunningham and Luke Deal, in Gosbeck A couple attempting to renovate their home using an all-female team said that women carried out about 90% of the work. Kat and Fi Parsons started renovating their home in Gosbeck near Needham Market…
KFC plans to test a new prototype called Open House
KFC is rolling out a brand overhaul that includes an expanded menu and modernized branding and restaurant designs. 'The brand is set to open a new generation of spaces designed for hospitality, not just efficiency – with environments that…
Housing shortage does not deter town from embracing migrants
On any given day in the township of Naracoorte, the main street echoes with different accents, sporting clubs unite families from different cultural backgrounds, and local businesses reflect journeys that began across the globe. The rural town of…
Opinion: This old house is perfect
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Cities Won't Solve the Housing Crisis by Blaming Software
As housing costs continue to dominate local politics, city leaders across the country are under growing pressure to “do something” about rising rents. Increasingly, that has led to proposals for rent control and restrictions on…
Bromley asylum hotel reopens to public as Home Office closes 20 migrant housing sites
Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. A hotel in Bromley has reopened its doors to…
Trump Holds Housing Aid Hostage to Force GOP Support for Voting Restrictions
This week, Trump cancelled a planned signing ceremony for the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act—which would help address the worsening housing affordability crisis—and said he won't sign it unless Republicans in the Senate…
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