The Federal Reserve’s move to hike interest rates signals good news for the housing sector, some experts say. The central bank hiked its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday by a quarter percentage po...
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Mortgage demand fell last week, even after interest rates fell further
A “For Sale” sign outside a house in Albany, California, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images After a stronger start to the year, mortgage demand plunged ...
Lithium Americas Soars After GM Invests $650 Million. EV War Is Escalating.
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Look inside luxury Los Angeles condos seeking record prices
Two developers in California are looking to lure a buyer willing to do something no other buyer has ever done before in Los Angeles history – pay between $50 million and a $100 million for a condo. A...
Bear market unlike anything I’ve seen since starting on the Street in 1980, says short selling legend Jim Chanos
“I’ve been on the Street [since] 1980 [and] not one bear market has ever traded above nine times to 14 times the previous peak earnings.” That was short selling giant Jim Chanos, founder of Kynikos As...
A self-made millionaire shares 8 money secrets rich people know that ‘most of us don’t’
It took me 20 years of trial and error before I achieved a multimillion-dollar net worth. Now, at 64, I draw income from the 18 companies I started and the 12,000 apartment units I own. But I wish I h...
London’s luxury home sellers turn to WhatsApp as private sales surge
A growing number of Londoners are opting for novel means of buying and selling their properties, with WhatsApp emerging as a new home for luxury listings. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON —...
Asian shares mostly rise, but Hang Seng drops over 2% as Alibaba tumbles on reports of headquarter shift
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were trading mixed in Asia on Monday after Wall Street benchmarks closed higher on Friday, capping a third week of gains out of the last four. Tokyo and Shanghai rose while Hong ...
Metro areas where U.S. rent prices have dropped the most
Colorful cafe bars at the iconic Beale Street music and entertainment district of downtown Memphis, Tennessee. benedek | iStock | Getty Images Despite broad hikes in rental prices, competition is easi...
Energy Earnings Could Drop 11%
After two years of skyrocketing growth, oil and gas earnings are now past their peak. The good thing for the stocks is that the peak was remarkably high, and the decline is likely to be very gradual. ...
Mortgage demand jumps as interest rates drop
A For Sale sign is posted in front of a property in Monterey Park, California on August 16, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Mortgage interest rates fell for the third straight week, while...
Opinion: Microsoft gave Wall Street hope, but then the cloud forecast turned dark
Microsoft Corp. sparked a relief rally for the cloud Tuesday, then rained on that parade after less than two hours of joy. Microsoft MSFT reported slightly disappointing holiday-quarter results, but t...
Salesforce, Abbott, Spotify, and More Stock Market Movers
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House prices slumped by 10% in San Francisco, Redfin says — and prices are also falling in these cities
Even as mortgage rates come off of recent highs, buyer demand remains constrained. And that’s affecting home-list prices, according to a new report. The report by Redfin RDFN, +8.45%, which tracked ho...
Existing home sales drop in December to slowest pace since 2010
Homes in Rocklin, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. A record number of homes are being delisted as sellers face a sharp drop in demand, according to real estate brokerage Redfin. David Paul Mo...
Homebuilder sentiment in January rises for the first time in a year
Homes under construction in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Sales of new U.S. homes retreated in January after a flurry of purchases at the end of 2021, indicating a jump in mortgage...
Developers lack enough groundwater to build in desert west of Phoenix
home is being built in in Rio Verde Foothills, Arizona, U.S. on January 7, 2023. The Washington Post | Getty Images Developers planning to build homes in the desert west of Phoenix don’t have en...
Martin Marietta Stock Can Thrive in Both Inflation and Deflation
Despite a solid start to 2023, the stock market could still get rocky. That’s where sand and gravel supplier Martin Marietta Materials comes in. Martin Marietta (ticker: MLM) is a producer of aggregat...
Opinion: 6 cheap stocks that famed value-fund manager Bill Nygren says can help you beat the market
These are tricky times in the stock market, so it pays to look to the best stock-fund managers for guidance on how to behave now. Veteran value investor Bill Nygren belongs in this camp, because the O...