The National Association of Realtors reported home sales rose 3.3 percent in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.69 million.Alan Diaz/Associated Press file Home sales rose 3.3 percent…
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A new analysis by real estate website Trulia found that 3.9 percent of pending home sales fell through in 2016, nearly double the rate from a year earlier.Matthew Busch/Bloomberg News…
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Home building slipped 2.6 percent in January, led by a big drop in apartment construction, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.Jeff Roberson/Associated Press file The number of new housing starts declined…
A new home is under construction in Phoenix.Matt York/Associated Press file The surprising decline comes ahead of the spring home-buying season, which is traditionally builders’ busiest time of the year…
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Single women accounted for 17 percent of all home sales in the U.S. last year, more than double the 7 percent rate for single men.Pat Sullivan/Associated Press “I wanted to…
An 85-foot infinity swimming pool is one of the amenities that come with his $250 million Bel-Air mansion. The home in the exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood is the most expensive…
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Construction spending in the U.S. dropped 0.2 percent in December, largely because of a big drop in government spending on projects.Julio Cortez/Associated Press Construction spending fell 0.2 percent after hitting…
The number of Americans signing contracts to buy homes rose in December as mortgage rates pushed higher.Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press The National Association of Realtors said that its seasonally adjusted…
Many developers and home builders are excited about the new Trump administration and its promises to roll back environmental regulations – including new rules on wetlands development – they say…
New-home sales fell 10.4 percent in December, the Commerce Department reports.Pat Sullivan/Associated Press The Commerce Department said that new-home sales last month fell 10.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual…
The supply of existing homes on the market in the United States fell in December, pushing prices higher and causing existing home purchases to drop 2.8 percent.Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press…
Experts expect the upward trend to continue, which will push some potential homebuyers out of the market or require them to rethink the type, size or location of the home…
New home construction dropped in December, although home construction was up overall because of a 54 percent jump in apartment construction.Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press file Housing starts jumped 11.3 percent…
Homebuilders are growing slightly less confident about their sales prospects as mortgage rates continue to rise, increasing the cost of a buying a home.Matt York/Associated Press file The decline in…
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As many couples at this stage of life do, the Ridenours decided to downsize. But unlike many others, they left their big house in a golf course community for a…
Afterward, they say, they were stiffed. Two Washington-area small businesses have filed liens on the Trump International Hotel, saying they have not been compensated for their work completing the 263-room…
President-elect Donald Trump benefited in the 2016 election from Rust Belt voters upset about the loss of jobs in their states, but many Rust Belt cities are attracting younger –…
Then-President-elect Barack Obama signs the Blair House guest book on the morning of his first inauguration in 2009.Blair House/State Department For the past 40 years, every president-elect has spent the…
