Real Estate

A house is for sale in Arlington, Virginia, July 13, 2023.  Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Home prices in May rose for the fifth straight month on the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index, but regional differences are widening. The gains come despite a sharp jump in mortgage interest rates during the month.

China has announced in the past week a series of measures aimed at boosting its economy ahead of a key Politburo meeting later this week focused on reviewing the first half performance of the world’s second-largest economy. Str | Afp | Getty Images China is ramping up measures aimed at boosting its economy ahead of

Roll the opening credits of the 1969 John Wayne classic True Grit and you’ll see a scene largely unchanged today. It’s the rugged barn and old school at a ranch for sale in Placerville, Colorado. The San Juan Mountains stretch along the distant horizon. Called True Grit West, the scenic property encompasses 336 acres on

Private apartments are seen against the backdrop of the Marina Bay Sands hotel and the Singapore Flyer observatory wheel in Singapore on March 23, 2022. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images Rents in prime residential areas increased the most in Singapore, Lisbon and Berlin in the first half of the year, according to a

The Evergrande Group headquarters building in Shenzhen is pictured on January 11, 2022 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China. Liang Xiashun | Visual China Group | Getty Images China Evergrande Group posted a combined loss of $81 billion in its long overdue earnings report late on Monday. The world’s most indebted property developer fell into

Michael Barr, vice chair for supervision of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve, testifies during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing on Oversight of Prudential Regulators, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2023. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator expressed caution Tuesday

A new housing development built along a canal near the Mokelumne River is viewed on May 22, 2023, near Stockton, California. George Rose | Getty Images Lawrence Yun has as big a stake in the Federal Reserve’s moves as any economist: As the chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, his industry is a

With designs by master architect Edgar Ullrich, trees planted by famed botanist and landscape architect Kate Sessions and occupants descended from the Sepúlveda and the de la Guerra families, this La Jolla hillside home is about as close to San Diego royalty as you can get. In fact, the Upper Hermosa residence, now on the

A crane with the China Vanke logo at a residential construction site in China, on Sept. 28, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese real estate stocks mostly rose after the country announced it will extend two financial policies to support the real estate market until the end of 2024. Hong Kong-listed real

A for sale sign is posted in front of a home for sale on February 20, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Home prices hit a record high in May, rising 0.7% nationally compared with April at a seasonally adjusted rate, according to the Black Knight Home Price Index. Prices, which

Forbes Global Properties Singapore’s so-called shophouses are a defining element in some of the city-state’s historic neighborhoods. Built in the early 1900s, they are usually found in the city center, blend traditional architecture with ornate details and display colorful facades. ADVERTISEMENT “Shophouses traditionally refer to two- or three-story terrace houses commonly found in Southeast Asia,

A “For Sale” sign outside a house in Albany, California, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates last week hit their highest level since the end of May, which in turn weighed on mortgage demand. Total mortgage application volume dropped 4.4% last week compared with the previous