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HK remains world's least affordable housing market for 16th year, survey shows
Hong Kong retained its title as the world's least affordable housing market for a 16th straight year, and a household would need to spend 14.1 years of income, without other expenses, to buy a median-priced home, according to the annual Demographia…
The Mid-Year Housing Market Update: Why Forecasts Changed in 2026
If the housing market feels confusing right now, you're not alone. Mortgage rates have risen. Home sales haven't picked up like expected. And many buyers and sellers are wondering when things are going to feel easier or be more affordable. The…
A scheme for housing, described between bites at a café
Please log in to bookmark this story. Create Free Account It's a good thing Philippe Beauparlant's pain au chocolat is slow in arriving. At 15 minutes, he's covered only his studies in industrial design at Humber College, his subsequent job working…
Last stage of unfinished housing development put on market
An offer has been made for a £1.2 million-valued Nottinghamshire housing development where work suddenly stopped earlier this year. Broxtowe Borough Council's leader has confirmed the authority is bidding to buy the last stage of the…
Perth houses are spending longer on the market - except in these suburbs
The time Perth homes spent on the market has blown out to a median of two weeks, according to new data, but houses are still being snapped up in suburbs once considered working-class. Coolbellup and Nollamara led the pack for quickest home sales…
Why Modern Soccer Teams Are Content Houses First
Rudy Turinay, founder of Agence Victoria, is a global sport business expert transforming soccer properties into digital media brands. For decades, the business model of a professional soccer club was highly predictable: gate receipts, local…
A Low-Income Housing Program Is Pouring Billions Into Housing Many People Can't Afford
On any given night, thousands of people sleep on the streets in Portland, Oregon. They seek shelter in tents, bushes and overpasses in a city that has struggled with one of the worst housing crises in the country. Portland, like many cities, has…
A US housing crash is unlikely in 2026-what experts are watching instead
Despite persistent fears of another housing collapse, economists say a full-scale U.S. housing market crash remains unlikely in 2026. Instead, they expect a slower and more frustrating reality: buyers sidelined by affordability challenges…
The Housing Market Recession
I was interviewing for a job right out of college at a financial institution. It went okay but I never got called back for a second interview. A friend applied for the same role and made the second round of interviews. He eventually got a job in…
It's last call for ordinary people trying to buy a house in San Francisco
It was late January when Bill Law realized something had shifted in San Francisco's real estate market. That month, the longtime tech worker and his wife submitted an offer on a $1.3 million home in the Sunset District, a west-side neighborhood…
OpenAI's Sam Altman to meet with White House, lawmakers
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill and members of the Trump administration on Wednesday as part of a week-long swing through Washington, D.C. to discuss artificial intelligence. Altman will attend meetings with White…
Rhode Island's $52 million housing blunder
Rhode Island's $52.2 million blunder is the latest body in the big-dollar housing subsidy graveyard. Keynesian-esque, government-financed housing development has floundered nationwide. In April, Chicago announced a $300 million taxpayer investment…
Trump Threatens To 'Never, Ever' Take Down UFC Arena On White House Lawn
President Donald Trump has called for the 87-foot steel-and-wire-mesh arena constructed for an upcoming UFC fight at the White House to be a permanent fixture of the South Lawn, comparing the structure to France's iconic Eiffel Tower and suggesting…
Trump announces changes for White House Correspondents' Dinner
President Donald Trump has confirmed he will attend the rescheduled and rehomed White House Correspondents' Dinner on July 24, nearly three months after a shooting forced one of Washington's highest-profile annual events to end abruptly. The…
Trump taps housing official Bill Pulte to be nation's top spymaster
US President Donald Trump has named a housing official to serve as acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the country's top spy chief who oversees 18 government intelligence agencies. Bill Pulte, part of a powerful home-building dynasty…
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