5 factors drive homebuilding costs — and they’re all squeezing builders now
admin Building a home is a complicated business. Despite the shortage of housing in the U.S.,…
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China manufacturing sector contracts in July, home sales fall sharply
China’s major economic pillars wobbled in July with weakness in manufacturing and the all-important property…
Read MoreCorporate landlords harassed tenants, filed evictions during pandemic, House investigation finds
An executive for the Siegel Group, a Las Vegas-based real estate company, allegedly told staff…
Read MoreI want to refinance my mortgage, but I’m about to turn 70. Is it wise to refinance at my time of life?
I hope you can help me figure this out. I am 69 years old and…
Read MoreFlash floods, like in Las Vegas, are deadlier than hurricanes or tornadoes
More people die in flash floods in the U.S. each year than from tornadoes, hurricanes…
Read MoreWith rents at record highs, ‘it’s tough to see how renters — whether or not they want to buy a home — will ever catch up’
Tenants are caught between too-high rents and too-high homeownership costs, depriving them of the American…
Read MoreIs the housing market in a recession? Here’s what economists are saying
The housing market is cooling off. After two years of red-hot sales, economic data paints…
Read MoreHousing’s ‘great slowdown’ is here, as mortgage originations and spending fall, Bank of America says
A “great slowdown” is happening in the U.S. housing market, a new report from Bank…
Read MoreInvestors snap up homes at a furious rate — in some regions they bought as many as 20% of houses for sale
First-time homebuyers who struggled to snag a property this past spring might have been competing…
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My boyfriend, 68, lives with his father, 95. He has almost no ‘mad money’ to go places and do things. Is it unreasonable to expect him to get a part-time job?
I am a 65-year-old retired woman with modest Social Security and annuity payments. I also…
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