Blackstone is limiting withdrawals from its huge retail real estate investment trust after a sharp rise in redemption requests from investors. In a letter posted on the Blackstone Real Estate Income T...
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Mortgage rates fall for the third straight week, but demand still drops further
A For Sale sign appears in front of a house on Oak Street in Patchogue, New York, on May 17, 2022. Steve Pfost | Newsday | Getty Images Mortgage rates soared over 7% just a month ago, but since then t...
Airbnb launches first hosting platform for apartment tenants
Airbnb is partnering with several major landlords and management companies to list designated apartment buildings where renters are allowed to offer short-term sublets on the site. The company said We...
This trader sees a 43% drop for the S&P 500 and says to take shelter in these ETFs instead.
A day after the Dow DJIA, -0.11% climbed out of bear territory on hopeful comments by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, stocks look ready to rethink on that optimsim, even after fresh inflation data showed ...
‘Selling Sunset’ Reality Star Emma Hernan Is Busy Building Her Own Empire
Emma Hernan Jason Kent You might know her best from her stylish looks and savvy real estate knowledge on the hit Netflix series Selling Sunset, but entrepreneur Emma Hernan has been busy since childho...
Private-prison stock hits two-year high as analysts cite potential for more detention beds, detention alternatives
Shares of private-prison operator GEO Group Inc. jumped to their highest level in roughly two years on Tuesday after Wedbush analysts upgraded the stock, citing a GOP-controlled House, possible change...
‘Wealth effect on steroids’: Here’s the potential fallout from $22 trillion lost by investors this year, according to BofA
Bank of America says a “wealth effect on steroids” may impact the U.S. economy as a result of the fall in the value of stocks and bonds and other assets worth trillions of dollars in 2022. “The $22 tr...
20 dividend stocks with high yields that have become more attractive right now
Income-seeking investors are looking at an opportunity to scoop up shares of real estate investment trusts. Stocks in that asset class have become more attractive as prices have fallen and cash flow i...
In mid-November, mortgage rates saw their biggest decline since 1981. Here’s what 6 pros say will what happen next
The latest mortgage rates Getty Images/iStockphoto For most of 2022, the trend of mortgage rates was generally up and then up some more. But in mid-November something big happened: Thanks to better-th...
UK property demand down 44% since market-rocking mini budget: Zoopla
Estate agents “Sold” and “For Sale” signs outside residential properties in the Maida Vale district of London, UK, on Thursday, June 30, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Ima...
Cloud software is suffering a cold November rain. Can Snowflake and Salesforce turn it around?
The week after Thanksgiving could determine if cloud software is still too fat or if there are some tasty leftovers for Wall Street. Autodesk Inc. ADSK, +1.82% signaled a slowdown in business spending...
‘Most economists are predicting a recession in 2023’: I own a rental property. Is it a good time to take out a bank loan and renovate — or should I wait?
Dear MarketWatch, Along with a sibling, I own a rental property of more than 40 rooms in the Caribbean, where we do weekly rentals. It’s near downtown but in need of repairs and renovation. Is this ...
How to Put Together an All-Cash Home Purchase
As home-financing costs have skyrocketed, cash is king once again. Nearly one in 10 new homes in the third quarter were purchased with cash, according to Census Bureau data—the largest share since 201...
New-Home Sales Surge. It’s Still a Mixed Picture for Housing.
Text size Sales of new homes rose in October. Here: completed and under construction new homes in Trappe, Maryland. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Sales of new homes unexpectedly rose in October, pai...
Mortgage Demand Down Up To 88% From This Time Last Year
Nov. 17. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Key Takeaways Mortgage refinance applications are down 88% since this time last year, with new mortgage applica...
NYC robotic parking systems cost luxury residents $300,000 per space
Hidden deep below some of New York City’s most luxurious apartment buildings is an exclusive world of futuristic parking spaces where high-end vehicles are parked and retrieved by robotic parkin...
Mortgage demand rises as interest rates decline slightly
A home, available for sale, is shown on August 12, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Mortgage applications rose 2.2% last week compared with the previous week, prompted by a slight d...
Blackstone’s Breit Retail Real Estate Fund Suffers First Significant Outflows
Blackstone ‘s big retail real estate fund experienced sizable net redemptions for the first time, in a potentially worrisome development for what has become one of the firm’s most important products a...
Opinion: These five technology stocks give investors more reward for their risk
Earnings season for the technology sector is just about over. It’s been a mixed bag. Slower economic growth and higher interest rates put a damper on revenue. Some of the biggest names in tech have co...
What’s The Outlook For The Housing Market?
(Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Takeaways Housing sales have fallen for the ninth consecutive month, with transactions down 28.4% compared to this time last year. Average prices h...
Investor home purchases drop 30% as price gains slow
Housing under construction in Atlanta, Georgia, on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home sales have dropped for nine straight months, driven by surging mortgage rates...
Taiwan Billionaire Family Banker Worried But Not Scared About Strained Ties With Mainland China
Union Bank of Taiwan is among the businesses led by the billionaire family of Lin Chang Su-O. Union Bank of Taiwan Though headquartered in one of the world’s busiest high-tech hubs, Taiwan’s largest f...
China property stocks surged amid warnings of weak reality, high expectations
China’s housing prices fell in October due primarily to falling prices in less developed, so-called Tier-3 cities, according to Goldman Sachs analysis of official data. Future Publishing | Futur...
Retail Discounter TJX Is Thriving as Inflation Pressures Consumers
Text size These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the vi...
Fed Tightening Is Having More Impact Than You Might Think
We’ve learned a lot about the transmission of disease in the past few years. Ideas, good and bad, are spread similarly. Robert Shiller, the Yale University Nobel laureate, wrote in Irrational Exuberan...
It’s Been a Rough Year for Stocks and Bonds. What to Do in 2023.
With more than a month to go, 2022 is all but certain to go down as an annus horribilis for both stocks and bonds. The crucial question for investors: What does that portend for the year ahead? The re...
Opinion: Salesforce better get used to Marc Benioff in charge, because he keeps chasing off his chosen successors
Salesforce Inc. has twice promoted a seasoned executive to co-CEO, and both times it was taken as a sign that the cloud-software pioneer had found an eventual successor to co-founder Marc Benioff at t...