WASHINGTON: U.S. builders boosted spending on construction projects by a modest amount in October, helped by big gains in spending on home construction and the biggest increase in government projects… Read more »
By Costas Pitas LONDON: High-end London builder Berkeley said demand fell 20 percent in the first half of their financial year due to a property tax hike and the Brexit… Read more »
THE HAGUE: Airbnb will start enforcing limits to private home rentals in two popular European cities on the home-sharing platform, London and Amsterdam, the company said Thursday. The move comes… Read more »
BEIJING: A Chinese government think tank has identified 35 major cities with over-valued property markets, saying they face more severe risks of falling home prices than seen in previous property… Read more »
By: Yawen Chen and Nicholas Heath BEIJING: The outlook for China’s residential property market in 2017 is stable, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report on Monday. A sharp decline… Read more »
WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump has met a top Indian-American real estate executive amid reports of him joining the new administration. Sandeep Mathrani, 54, the chief executive officer of General… Read more »
By: Andrea Hopkins OTTAWA: Canada’s rental vacancy rate edged up in 2016 as the supply of apartments increased, but rental housing was harder to find in Vancouver and Toronto, where… Read more »
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO: A widely followed indicator of homebuilding activity in Brazil remained at a 12-year low in September, reflecting the burden of a prolonged recession, low credit… Read more »
WASHINGTON: U.S. home prices have fully recovered from their steep plunge during the housing bust and Great Recession, according to a private measure. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-Shiller national… Read more »
Australian actress Cate Blanchett wanted to sell her home on Sydney’s waterfront. The buyer who wanted it was from China. The trouble started right there. Getting the money out of… Read more »