5 Ways to Shop for a Low Mortgage Rate Mortgage rates are high this year, but you can still find an affordable loan with these tips. Kiplinger · Sep 8, 2023
Chicago’s Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders need affordable housing solutions History has shown that AAPI communities have undeniably been left out of these discussions. Building a stronger, more equitable Chicago requires every community’s voice. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 8, 2023
How to keep your home cool and sleep easy in a heatwave as report warns of meltdown in the capital From banishing tech to using reflective paint, an expert reveals the best ways to reduce the overheating blighting many homes in the capital this week and beyond Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023
Amazon and other companies invested in affordable housing. Did it work? Technology firms, healthcare groups and banks have thrown money at affordable housing, but even billions in short-term private capital can’t solve the crisis The Guardian - US · Sep 8, 2023
Scottish Government will not back down on short term lets licensing, says Neil Gray WELLBEING Economy Secretary Neil Gray has insisted that the Scottish Government will not back down on pushing ahead with the short term lets… The National (Scotland) · Sep 8, 2023
Knock down a few, build one: in NSW that counts as a gain for councils’ housing targets Exclusive: Metrics reflect gross addition to supply, even as unit blocks in affluent Sydney suburbs are being replaced by luxury single properties The Guardian - AU · Sep 7, 2023
California lawmakers vote to fast-track low-income housing on churches' lands California lawmakers have voted to fast-track low-income housing on surplus land owned by nonprofit colleges and religious institutions The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023
Mapped: UK house prices falling at fastest annual rate since 2009 Data from Halifax showed that house prices dropped by 4.6% in August The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023
Crumbling concrete crisis spreads to housing, shops and offices as major landlord orders checks Major shopping centre owner orders survey, as housing associations also begin to investigate problem The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023
Top 3 Stocks “Right at Home” in Building Boom On Wall Street a market that is hitting on all cylinders, with no storm clouds on the horizon, is known as a Goldilocks market. Both the home and infrastructure building markets, due to a perfect storm of short supply on the one hand and government spending on the other, have… StockNews.com · Sep 7, 2023
Why are house prices falling? With house prices dropping at the fastest rate since 2009, here is a look at what is behind the latest market trends and what could be on the horizon. The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023
Paxton trial, Sept. 7: During new testimony, former AG deputy tears up responding to “rogue” allegations Former attorney general officials testified that Ken Paxton pushed to release confidential FBI records to friend and donor Nate Paul. They also denied defense attorneys’ assertions that they staged a “mutiny.” The Texas Tribune · Sep 7, 2023
UK house prices suffer sharpest fall in 14 years Halifax says prices fell by 4.6% as high interest rates dent homebuyer demand The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2023
China’s exports, imports fall as weak global demand clouds recovery Exports slumped 8.8 percent in August to $284.87bn in the fourth straight month of decline. Al Jazeera · Sep 7, 2023
Evening Standard · Sep 7, 2023 Average London home drops £22k in value as interest rate crisis bites The average London home has lost nearly £23,000 in value over the past year as the impact of far higher interest rates hit property prices.
The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023 Kendra Wilkinson ‘rushed to hospital’ after panic attack The reality star was rushed to the hospital on Wednesday
The Texas Tribune · Sep 7, 2023 Ken Paxton’s top deputy, the first impeachment witness, describes an attorney general out of control Jeff Mateer testified that Paxton was so intent on helping Austin real estate investor Nate Paul that he worried the attorney general was being blackmailed.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 6, 2023 Morning Mail: Sydney housing costs beat New York, ‘crumbly’ concrete checks, criminal complaint over World Cup kiss Only five world cities are more expensive and crisis is hurting the economy, says thinktank
The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023 Bank of England governor expects ‘quite marked’ fall in UK inflation Pound falls as Andrew Bailey’s comments call into question need for further interest rate rise
The Guardian - AU · Sep 6, 2023 Only five cities worldwide are more unaffordable than Sydney for housing, thinktank says Committee for Sydney urges residents to ‘become a yimby’ after finding housing crisis costs economy more than $10bn per year
The Guardian - US · Sep 6, 2023 New York City’s crackdown on Airbnb and short-term rentals goes into effect New regulations expected to affect tens of thousands of illegal short-term listings
The Texas Tribune · Sep 6, 2023 Paxton trial, Sept. 6: Witnesses claim AG was fixated on Nate Paul On the second day of the impeachment trial, former officials in the attorney general’s office say Ken Paxton’s relationship with real estate investor Nate Paul raised alarms. Defense attorney accused the witnesses of “staging a coup.”
The National (Scotland) · Sep 6, 2023 Big Issue takes aim at PM with 'Rishi's Removals' van outside Westminster THE Big Issue Group has launched a campaign aimed at ensuring millions of low income people living in rented accommodation can stay in their homes.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023 Housing industry faces difficult months ahead amid weak demand, says Barratt Housebuilder reports £705m profits but ‘mortgage affordability challenges’ affect purchases
Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2023 Sadiq Khan urges support for Help to Buy homeowners The mayor said Help to Buy homeowners are ‘facing growing levels of economic insecurity’