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A total of 227,548 properties in the United States made foreclosure filings in the first six months of this year, a 21 percent increase from the same period last year, according to real estate analytics company ATTOM.
I travelled to China to explore the world of prefab and modular homes. From tiny houses to container homes, I take you inside the factories, break down the real costs, and find out whether these affordable homes are too good to be true.
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Naveen Athrappully
States that adopt the updated 2024 International Energy Conservation Code could see building costs for a typical single-family home go up by $14,000, the Department of Energy (DOE) warned on June 26.
Home prices in America's top 20 cities were expected to fall MoM for the 3rd straight month in April (the latest reported data from S&P Cotality Case-Shiller) and they did... but only marginally.
...only 25% of non-homeowners expect to buy a house in the next five years, according to Gallup - the lowest share since the question was first asked in 2013.
The New York City Rent Guidelines Board voted 7–1 to freeze rents on about 1 million rent-stabilized apartments for up to two years, giving tenants a win on a central campaign promise from Mayor Zohran Mamdani while revealing tensions over the boar
The man who predicted the dot-com crash and the 2007 housing collapse warns that the AI bubble is the biggest in American history. Billionaire investor Jeremy Grantham reveals why it will burst, the exact strategy to protect your money, and why house
America's housing market is caught in a troubling place right now. Mortgage rates are hovering near 7%, inflation is eating away at our purchasing power. homebuilders are pulling back from building and for millions of Americans the dream of homeowner
With housing inventories at recent highs, the US housing market just suffered another sentiment setback as Housing Starts crashed by 15.4% MoM in May (far worse than 2% drop expected and worse since March 2024)), following a revised 8.5% MoM drop in
Homebuyers held more leverage over sellers in May, with sellers outpacing prospective buyers in 35 of the nation's 50 most populous metropolitan markets, according to a June 9 report from real estate brokerage Redfin.
Big cities like Hong Kong or Los Angeles are well-known for their expensive real estate markets. But there are also plenty of housing markets you wouldn't necessarily expect among the least affordable – including several in Australia, New Zealand
The world's first 'floating city' will have onboard schools, state-of-the-art hospital, and futuristic trams for 80,000 passengers to get around the ship
With Case-Shiller reporting existing home price declines in half of America's largest cities, and after two straight months of rip-roaring demand, NAR reports that New Home Sales in April tumbled 6.2% MoM (almost twice as bad as the 3.2% MoM decline
After declining MoM for the first time since June 2025 in February, US home prices in America's 20 largest cities were expected to dip again in March (according to the latest data from S&P Cotality Case-Shiller) and they did, dropping 0.16% MoM (wors
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Naveen Athrappully
The number of residential zombie foreclosures in the second quarter of 2026 marginally increased from the previous quarter, with such foreclosures rising in the District of Columbia and 38 out of the 50 U.S. states, real estate analytics company ATTO
April existing home sales in the U.S. came in at an annualized pace of just 4.02 million units, barely rising 0.2% from March and missing expectations yet again. We are now looking at one of the weakest spring housing seasons in decades, despite popu
Mortgage delinquencies fell slightly in March, with the first-lien delinquency rate declining to 3.35%, down 37 basis points from February, as seasonal factors and tax refunds supported borrowers.
Maybe the most prominent economic discussion circulating today is the fear that the vast majority of people have been priced out of housing markets for the rest of their lives, regardless of the country they live.