Chasidy Decker stands in front of her mobile tiny home in Meridian, Idaho. Institute for Justice In American communities where housing values are rapidly out-pacing wage growth, even people with good,...
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Institutions Set To Own 40% Of Single-Family Rental Homes — How Can You Get Your Share?
When the pandemic hit the U.S. in March of 2020, people experienced mass confusion. No one knew how long it would last or what would happen. New business models emerged, and new influences shaped the ...
China’s economy wrestles with growing youth unemployment and falling prices for new homes
When Xi Jinping came to power in China in 2012 and detailed his ‘Chinese dream,’ he didn’t anticipate how difficult it would be for him to win an unprecedented third term as the country’s leader. Mean...
Blackstone is prepping a record $50 billion vehicle to scoop up cheap homes during the downturn — here’s how to lock in higher yields than the big money
Residential real estate is arguably the most valuable and accessible segment of real estate asset class. Its popularity has driven a disproportionate amount of capital into residential real estate — p...
Low-Cost Housing Magnates Reap Windfall From Surging Demand For Affordable Homes In The Philippines
This story appears in the August 2022 issue of Forbes Asia. Subscribe to Forbes Asia NA This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Philippines’ Richest 2022. See the full list here. Low-cost housing ma...
Climate change is making some homes too costly to insure
Firefighters pull up to a burning house during the Kincade fire in Healdsburg, California, on Oct. 27, 2019. Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty Images As climate change threatens the U.S. with more natural di...
Almost Half of Mortgaged Homes in US Now Considered Equity-Rich
(Bloomberg) — Home ownership has reached a milestone in the US. Most Read from Bloomberg Nearly half of mortgaged properties were considered equity-rich in the second quarter — meaning own...
Housing affordability plunges to lowest level since 2006. The property market’s ‘great slowdown’ is here, Bank of America says
A “great slowdown” is happening in the U.S. housing market, a new report from Bank of America says, as mortgage originations shrink and spending on household items softens. Amid weak home sales number...
How Real Estate Developers Are Adjusting To The Growing Number Of Eco-Friendly Homes In Hollywood
CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 19: Julia Roberts attends the screening of “Armageddon Time” during the 75th … [+] annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19, 2022 in C...
Homebuilders boost incentives as they suddenly struggle to sell homes
Contractors work on the roof of a house under construction in the Stillpointe subdivision in Sumter, South Carolina, on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Micah Green | Bloomberg | Getty Images After two years of...
Real Estate Fund Quietly Purchases Entire Community Of 233 Single-Family Rental Homes In Panama City, Florida
Real estate investment platform Fundrise recently acquired Sunset Village, a community of 233 detached, single-family rental homes in Panama City, Florida. The purchase was made by a joint venture bet...
‘It’s A Platform That Makes It Easy For Anyone To Invest In Rental Properties’ CEO Of Arrived Homes On Benzinga’s Real Estate Podcast
Welcome to Benzinga’s Real Estate Podcast. Today, we have Ryan Frazier, who’s the CEO of the real estate investment platform Arrived Homes. Listen to this episode of The Lazy Landlord on B...
Most Homes In The United Kingdom Have No Air Conditioning
I still cannot believe what I am reading. The United Kingdom (UK) Met Office, essentially their version of the U.S. National Weather Service, is forecasting unprecedented temperatures for early next w...
These are the 10 cities seeing the most price cuts for homes
Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images More home sellers are dropping their asking prices as rising mortgage interest rates and inflation have slowed down competition in the housing market. Some citi...
Fund giants like Blackstone and Opendoor keep gobbling up homes even as mortgage rates rise — here’s how small investors can lock in higher yields than the big money
Fund giants like Blackstone and Opendoor keep gobbling up homes even as mortgage rates rise — here’s how small investors can lock in higher yields than the big money For most investors, real est...
Bezos-Backed Arrived Homes Launches Its Largest Batch Of Single-Family Rental Offerings To Date
The real estate investment platform Arrived Homes, backed by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos, is launching its largest batch of new offerings with a total of 14 new single-family ren...
Metropolitan areas with the most million-dollar homes
Historic row houses in Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington. amedved | iStock | Getty Images Million-dollar homes aren’t common in the U.S., but you’re more likely to find these pro...
It’s Ugly in Crypto With $200M of Margin Calls, Founders Selling Homes and Comparisons to 2008
Don’t miss CoinDesk’s Consensus 2022, the must-attend crypto & blockchain festival experience of the year in Austin, TX this June 9-12. Good morning, and welcome to First Mover. I’m Ly...
How to find a hidden spy camera in hotel rooms and rental homes
Nearly 60% of Americans said they were worried about hidden cameras in Airbnb homes in 2019. And 11% of vacation home renters said they had discovered a hidden camera during a stay, according to a sur...
Jeff Bezos-Backed Real Estate Investment Platform Acquires Another $23 Million Worth Of Single-Family Rental Homes
Arrived Homes, the single-family real estate investment platform backed by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos, is ramping up its acquisitions as demand from retail investors grows stron...
Real Estate Fund Backed By Goldman Sachs Acquires Entire Community Of 146 Single-Family Homes In Jacksonville, FL
The real estate investment platform Fundrise announced that it recently acquired 146 rental homes in the Treeline Trails community of Jacksonville, Florida. The purchase was made by a joint venture be...
HOM-NFTs: Proceeds from world housing to fund 3D printed homes for homeless families
HOM DAO has announced that they will be dropping the WORLD HOUSING 3D HOM-NFT COLLECTION, on June 20, 2022. The goal of the initiative is to raise $3,000,000 USD which will fund the development of 3D-...
Sales of existing homes fell in May, and more declines are expected
Sales of existing homes in May dropped 3.4% to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 5.41 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales were 8.6% lower than in May 2021. A...
Sales of newly built homes fall 16% in April as prices soar
Sales of newly built homes dropped 16.6% in April from March, far more than expected, and were down 26.9% from April 2021, according to the U.S. Census. The annualized rate came in at 591,000 units, s...
Riot Blockchain’s Texas Expansion Could Use Power To Light 200,000 Homes
In April, Bitcoin mining company Riot Blockchain announced its ambitious plans to expand their operations and light up over 200,000 homes in Corsicana, Texas. Riot Blockchain is one of the biggest min...
Riot Blockchain Wants to Light Up 200,000 Homes in Corsicana, Texas
Back in April, a Colorado-based bitcoin mining company announced they would be expanding its operations to Corsicana, Texas, in efforts to use enough power that could light up to 200,000 homes. As one...