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Housing market: Mortgage rates rise for third straight week to highest level since June 2025 while home sales fall for third month in a row
The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over the past week. Trips to the grocery store and gas station are more painful than they were last year, and rising costs are impacting the…
Housing market faces headwinds as mortgage rates move above 7%
Better mortgage spreads were a positive storyline in 2026, keeping mortgage rates under 7% all year until this last week. 2026 had the lowest rate curve in many years, but an escalation of the Iran conflict pushed the 10-year yield higher and…
Ending rough sleeping 'more than a housing issue' - Essex charity
Bill Lewis describes life on the streets as lonely, destitute and tough. That is, in part, why he is sceptical about whether the prime minister will succeed in ending rough sleeping. 'I doubt that's going to happen,' he reflects. Andy Burnham's…
Ending rough sleeping 'more than a housing issue' - Essex charity
BBC East political correspondent Bill Lewis describes life on the streets as lonely, destitute and tough. That is, in part, why he is sceptical about whether the prime minister will succeed in ending rough sleeping. 'I doubt that's going to…
'Small price to pay': The young homeowners welcoming falling house prices even as it hurts them
Falling property prices have come at the worst possible time for Alex Hogan and his partner. They are now weighing up whether they can afford to have another child. Locked out of the established housing market, the Queensland couple resorted to…
Newsom concedes California's housing crisis is fair criticism
Newsom blamed decades of “NIMBYism,” local opposition to development that has “run supreme,” and a persistent gap between housing supply and demand. “It's Econ 101,” he said. But after more than seven years…
Housing with benefits: Why co-housing could be the new Australian dream
It was a conversation with their son who put words to something Ross and Paula Wade had always felt: the desire to live a little differently. They wanted to share a garden and were happy to live in a modest home in exchange for community. They just…
Wonder Woman filming site to become £200m housing development
Chris Caulfield Local Democracy Reporting Service A Grade II* listed building which was used as a filming location for Wonder Woman 1984 is to be transformed into a £200m housing and leisure development. Plans have been approved to convert…
Wonder Woman filming site to become £200m housing development
A Grade II* listed building which was used as a filming location for Wonder Woman 1984 is to be transformed into a £200m housing and leisure development. Plans have been approved to convert Legal and General House in Kingswood into 299 homes…
All 9 Major Houses In House Of The Dragon Explained
There are many noble houses at play in House of the Dragon, and it can be hard to keep track of everyone's motivations. HBO's fantasy universe is based on the A Song of Ice & Fire book series by George R.R. Martin, which is well-known for its…
'It is a beautiful property': No bids for $4m renovated Rosebery house
An architecturally renovated family home in Rosebery is still available after passing in at an auction on Saturday at which nobody bid. The transformed four-bedroom bungalow at 24 Morley Avenue has leadlight windows, high ceilings, glass sliding…
Construction robots attack America's housing shortage, but we're a long way from humanoid homebuilders
The U.S. housing market is short roughly 1.2 million homes and nearly 300,000 construction workers. Labor shortages cost homebuilders billions of dollars a year and can add months to a new home construction timeline. Housing affordability has been…
Houston's westward housing boom just got another massive community
A new master-planned community could bring nearly 1,200 homes to Brookshire as Houston-area buyers keep looking farther west for affordability. Century Communities is opening Mirabella, a 318-acre community planned for 1,192 homesites near Katy…
Council urged to reject plans for huge housing estate with 448 homes
Winsford Town Council has called on Cheshire West planners to throw out an application for 448 homes in the town. Plans have been lodged with Cheshire West and Chester Council by Müller Property Group to build a new estate at Swanlow House…
This Nottinghamshire property might be the scariest house on Rightmove
A Nottinghamshire property has been described as the ‘scariest house on Rightmove' - but some people are concerned it might eventually be demolished. Pictures of the home on the property website revealed a terrifying surprise, leaving social…
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