U.S. home prices rose in May for the second straight month, according to the latest report from S&P/Case-Shiller. Is this the beginning of a sustained recovery in housing? Reporters Nick Timiraos and Robbie Whelan weigh in.
A former horse stable once owned by American Express was recently renovated into a series of duplex luxury apartments. The TriBeCa north property was an especially difficult renovation because of the building’s age. Lee Hawkins reports.
Some negative housing numbers fuel new concerns for investors, Barrons.com’s Bob O’Brien reports.
Watch a video showing a rendering of New York University’s proposed 38-story tower, one of the most ambitious projects in the university’s vast 2031 expansion plan. The tower would be located near Bleecker Street in Manhattan. Video courtesy of Grimsha…
Alan Chiang, DTZ’s head of residential, gives his view on how the Chinese real-estate market will react to the government’s property policies.
According to a report by RealtyTrac, residential foreclosures rose 27% in the first quarter of 2007 when compared with the fourth quarter of 2006. And they are 35% higher than a year earlier.
Nationwide, there were more than 430,000 foreclosure filings. This works out to one foreclosure for every 264 hourseholds nationally.
Nevada earned the distinction [...]
Real estate is a local market but almost all the news reporting in the papers and on television treat real estate as a national market and talk about national trends. While it is good to know and follow national trends, in many cases the market conditions in your local market can be quite different than [...]
Remodeling magazine has released their annual costs vs value reports on home remodel projects. They have a total of 80 different city reports that can be purchased for less than $10 each for immediate download to your computer.
You can view a Sample Remodeling Report or Purchase a report for your city.
Each report covers a [...]
