Blackstone Group is the world’s largest manager of alternative assets such as private equity and real estate. It is also a leader in one of the industry’s biggest initiatives—attracting retail investo...
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China Home Sales Plunge in July, as Mortgage Revolt Deters Buyers
A nascent two-month recovery in China’s home sales ended in July, as a widespread mortgage revolt over concerns that ailing property developers wouldn’t be able to deliver still-unfinished apartments ...
Do not leave any paper trail: how a group of sovereign citizens used a phony credit repair business to amass a real estate empire
Bad credit? No problem. A group of alleged scam artists have been charged with running a fraudulent credit repair business and then using their clients’ identities to get mortgages on millions of doll...
People Are Backing Out of Home Purchases
Text size D.R. Horton said its cancellation rate was 24% in the latest quarter. Above, contractors at a D.R. Horton development in Florence, Ariz. Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg In its most recent qua...
Lumber Prices Tumble After Huge Gains in 2021
Shopping for lumber at a Home Depot in Alhambra, Calif., earlier this year Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images Text size The lumber market has taken some big hits from rising inflation and a slowdown i...
Opinion: The SPACsplosion is about to become a liquidation frenzy — and that may be for the best
As the SPAC boom was beginning to rage two years ago, this column asked why in the world any company would want to be acquired by a former chief executive best known for executing one of the worst acq...
The Wing CEO Exits After Five Months in Top Job
The chief executive of women-focused co-working company the Wing, Jen Cho, has left the company after fewer than six months in the role. Ms. Cho declined to comment on her reasons for leaving the comp...
These 10 stocks from a sector that is a bear-market bulwark have upside potential of up to 30%
During times of uncertainty, it can help to look at what happened during other down cycles for stocks. True, we don’t know when the stock market will hit bottom during this cycle, or if it already has...
Falling Commodity Prices Raise Hopes That Inflation Has Peaked
A slide in all manner of raw-materials prices—corn, wheat, copper and more—is stirring hopes that a significant source of inflationary pressure might be starting to ease. Natural-gas prices shot up mo...
Home Prices Could Level Out in 2023, Redfin Says. What Could Make Them Drop.
Text size The median home sale price was 14% higher for the four-week period ending June 26 from a year earlier, Redfin said. Joe Raedle/Getty Images As the housing market cools down from its red-hot ...
This veteran money manager has seen it all. And these 19 dividend stocks pass his rigorous quality screen right now.
Lewis Altfest’s time in the finance industry spans seven decades. He has some words of advice for investors who aren’t used to stomach-churning stock-price moves. He founded Altfest Personal Wealth Ma...
These dividend stocks yield at least 5% and have plenty of room to raise payouts
This year’s stock price declines make for an increasing number of stocks with high dividend yields of at least 5%. Below is a screen that highlights 29 that appear to be able to raise their payouts co...
The 7 Worst Housing Markets in America, According to Lennar
Text size Rising mortgage rates are dragging on the housing market. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Jersey and Florida are hot. Housing in Austin and Seattle is not, according to the co-CEO of the U.S.’s...
Opinion: We’re probably in the early stages of a new bull market. Nervous? Start with these 5 ‘moat’ stocks
The odds are good that June 16 marked the stock market’s low, and we are in the early stages of a new bull market. Inflation is rolling over. Supply chains are repairing. There is enough terror in the...