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Housing market may be turning a corner as confidence grows - surveyors
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Canadian Housing Market in Winter Freeze as Prices, Sales Decline
The Canadian housing market ended 2025 on a down note, with both sales and prices declining as economic uncertainty kept buyers away. The benchmark home price dipped 0.3% in December from the previous month to C$673,400 ($485,000). That was 4%…
Mortgages at 6% Pose Critical Test for Frozen US Housing Market
With the crucial spring homebuying season ahead, real estate agents finally have something fresh to sell: the lowest mortgage rates in three years. The big question is whether that'll be enough to coax reluctant buyers into the market.
Housing market may be turning a corner as confidence grows - surveyors
The UK housing market may be “turning a corner”, with signs that confidence is returning and that expectations for sales and prices are becoming more positive, according to surveyors. Sales expectations among property professionals…
UK Housing Market Is Turning a Corner After Budget, Agents Say
UK estate agents grew more optimistic in December as easing borrowing costs and an end to budget uncertainty lifted some of the gloom that hung over the housing market for much of last year. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said its…
Wind is changing in pressured Dutch housing market: NVM
In Blaricum, for instance, the average sale price among NVM agents dropped from €1,290,200 to €1,162,900 – a slump of 10%. The average price in Heemstede fell by 3% to just under €800,000 and in Laren by 2% to just over…
Mayor Mamdani's radical tenant advocate Cea Weaver once admitted plan to tank free housing market - and achieve 'full social housing'
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's embattled radical-left tenant advocate, Cea Weaver, once admitted that fighting for rent control was the “critical first step” in a plan to tank the free housing market and work towards “full social…
U.S. Housing Market Stuck Near 30-Year Sales Low
The U.S. housing market remained sluggish in 2025 as high prices and elevated mortgage rates continued to limit home sales. Sales of existing homes landed at 4.06 million for the year, barely moving from 2024 levels, according to figures released…
North Texas Housing Market: where is the pendulum now?
DALLAS — The U.S. housing market slump stretched into a fourth year in 2025 as elevated mortgage rates and high home prices continued to sideline many would-be buyers, keeping sales near a 30-year low. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes…
Alarming trend proves Australia's housing crisis is worse than before
Rents are up in every city except Melbourne Melbourne is due to become cheaper READ MORE: Price of a Sydney rental leaves Australians furious Rents have hit record highs in all Australian capitals bar Melbourne, but property analysts expect the…
NYC's renters' tsar wants to make ALL Americans live in social housing
Sign up for our US Editor's Picks newsletter to get all the best exclusive stories Newly unearthed video of New York City 's notorious new renters' tsar has revealed her desire to restructure the housing market so that all Americans live in 'full…
Housing market may be turning a corner as confidence grows - surveyors
Sales expectations among property professionals for the next three months picked up to the strongest level recorded since October 2024, according to the December survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics). A net balance of 22%…
Banks seize 367,000 homes as housing pain spreads across America
READ MORE: Upstart credit card blows Amex and Chase out of the water The past year was difficult for homeowners — but experts warn that 2026 could be even more challenging. Foreclosures — when a bank or lender takes back a home after…
View from Virginia Woolf's house could be blocked by flats
Virginia Woolf's inspirational sea view could be blocked by a “deplorable” housing development. The author spent childhood summers at Talland House in St Ives and her visits to the nearby Godrevy Lighthouse provided lifelong…
WoW's Future Housing Plans Include Co-Decorating And A Long-Requested Feature
World of Warcraft players have long asked for communal Guild Halls to hang out with guildmates in between adventures, and it sounds like that dream is finally becoming a reality, as Blizzard has confirmed what new housing-related features are…
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