September’s drop comes as low interest rates have lured buyers to the market, but rising material costs have pushed prices up. Home construction in the United States fell 1.6 percent in September as builders continue to be stumbled by supply chain bottlenecks. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that the September drop drove a seasonally adjusted … Read more
Chelsea Stevens has 100 buyers ready to find their next home, but there are no homes for them to buy. Most important points: Real estate agent Chelsea Stevens says properties sell in less than a day, without even hitting the market About 60 percent of its buyers were from the interstate Experts say North Queensland … Read more
Bogotá Colombia – At the end of last month, under the blistering Andean sun, Walter Queragama walked several kilometers from Ciudad Bolivar, a poor neighborhood in the south of the Colombian capital, to the National Park of Bogota. There he and hundreds of Embera indigenous people, displaced from their homes amid a coronavirus-related economic crisis … Read more
SAN JOSE — More than 400 homes are being planned in a hip, trendy and increasingly crowded area of downtown San Jose as part of a project that would add three residential towers to the city’s skyline. Urban Community, a real estate company led by local developers Gary Dillabough and Jeff Arrillaga, has proposed a … Read more
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 In some cases, the requested rents fall Germany’s hottest housing markets are cooling down For years, rents in the German metropolises seem to have risen inexorably. Meanwhile, however, the extremely expensive housing markets have apparently reached a level where further increases can no longer be forced – with one major exception. … Read more
Wellington, New Zealand – Stricter rules on real estate investors and speculators came into effect in New Zealand this month, as part of a government effort to tackle the country’s worsening housing crisis. Under the new law, real estate investors are no longer allowed to deduct mortgage interest from their taxable income It seeks to … Read more
Covered in graffiti, broken windows and knee-high grass, Katie Keam bought this house for less than $200,000 — and she wouldn’t live anywhere else. Most important points: Katie Keam bought a house built in the 1920s 2 miles from Townsville’s CBD, for less than $200,000 Brokers say strong competition is turning buyers away from turnkey … Read more
Leilani Farha leads an investigation into the global housing crisis for the United Nations. .
(ANSA) – CAGLIARI, SEPT 29 – A 40-year-old Anela (Sassari) city councilor, Virgilio Vannini, has been arrested for being in possession of 1 kg of pure cocaine and 45,480 euros in cash. The man was stopped by officers from the Cagliari Police Station at Statale 387, near Serdiana, southern Sardinia, after his car had just … Read more
The NSW Land and Environment Court has rejected a legal request to overturn development approval for a 1,700-home housing estate that environmental groups say will decimate Sydney’s growing koala population. Most important points: Environmentalists lose lawsuit over housing project southwest of Sydney Figtree Hill developer Lendlease says it is committed to breeding and protecting the … Read more