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In this article ZG Lacheev / Getty As today’s prospective home buyers confront high home prices and rising interest rates, there’s one thing they can do to save money — raise their credit scores. “This is one actionable thing buyers can do to save a little bit of money in this market,” said Amanda Pendleton,

Whether you’re on the hunt for a vacation property as travel reopens, or you want a store for your cash as stocks somersault, Europe can offer a host of compelling second-home destinations. From access to fine food and rich culture to stunning scenery, the continent has something for everyone — and property purchasers are buying

People wait to visit a house for sale in Floral Park, Nassau County, New York, the United States, on Sept. 6, 2020. Wany Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Mortgage applications inched up last week for the first time since June 24. Total mortgage demand increased 1.2% as the average 30-year fixed mortgage

Los Angeles Ron_Thomas | Getty Images As rising interest rates and surging property values prevent more families from buying a home, the demand for rentals has soared, with the highest rent prices in the sunniest states.   Rent prices for single family homes swelled during the first half of 2022, hitting a national average of $2,495

The loss of confidence in China’s property sector could feed into a contagion that would further drag down the Chinese economy, analysts warned. The comments come after beleaguered developer China Evergrande Group failed to deliver a promised $300 billion restructuring plan over the weekend. In filings with the Hong Kong stock exchange, Evergrande instead said

A sign is posted in front of a home for sale on July 14, 2022 in San Francisco, California. The number of homes for sale in the U.S. increased by 2 percent in June for the first time since 2019. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Rising mortgage rates and inflation in the wider economy caused

A sign is posted in front of a home for sale on July 14, 2022 in San Francisco, California. The number of homes for sale in the U.S. increased by 2 percent in June for the first time since 2019. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Just one day after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark

Americans want to know: Is this a recession or not? Officially, the National Bureau of Economic Research defines recession as “a significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and lasts more than a few months.” In fact, the latest quarterly gross domestic product report, which tracks the overall health of the economy, showed

Banks in Singapore raised housing loan rates in June, following the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to increase interest rates by 75 basis points in the same month to cool inflation — its most aggressive hike since 1994. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Homeowners in Singapore are starting to tighten their belts as they will

A prospective home buyer is shown a home by a real estate agent in Coral Gables, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Mortgage demand edged lower for the fourth straight week, according to data released Wednesday, even though interest rates have fallen from their recent highs. Total volume was down 1.8% last week from the

Top officials at the Federal Reserve were seeing inflation data come in very hot for months before policymakers moved to wind down monetary policies that were stimulating the economy. A chorus of analysts, economists and former policymakers have chimed in, saying that was a mistake. “The forward guidance, overall, slowed the response to the Fed

A “Sale Pending” sign outside a house in Discovery Bay, California, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Signed contracts to purchase existing homes dropped 20% in June compared with the same month a year ago, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday. That is the slowest pace since

Most apartments in China are sold before developers finish building them. Pictured here on June 18, 2022, are people selecting apartments at a development in Huai’an, Jiangsu province, near Shanghai. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s property sales are set to plunge this year by more than they did during

New homes under construction in Tucson, Arizona. Rebecca Noble | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home prices in May were 19.7% higher compared with the same month last year, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index. This marks the second month of slower increases, as the housing market cools due to higher mortgage

Contractors work on the roof of a house under construction in the Stillpointe subdivision in Sumter, South Carolina, on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Micah Green | Bloomberg | Getty Images After two years of not being able to build homes fast enough to keep up with demand, the nation’s homebuilders are now experiencing a slowdown

In China, people typically buy apartments before they are completed. Pictured here on June 28, 2022, are unfinished residences in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Goldman Sachs has cut its forecast for the MSCI China index due to a worsening slump in China’s property market.

The Covid-19 pandemic caused chaos in the U.S. housing market, with prices skyrocketing, inventories dwindling and intense bidding wars. Then came record inflation, which drove the price of everything higher. The U.S. Federal Reserve, though, is waging an intense fight against rising prices, using interest rates as its primary weapon. A side effect of raising

The pain in the mortgage market is only getting worse as higher interest rates and inflation hammer American consumers. Mortgage demand fell more than 6% last week compared with the previous week, hitting the lowest level since 2000, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home

Former President Donald Trump Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A former special New York prosecutor who quit a criminal investigation of ex-President Donald Trump after his boss declined to lodge charges at the time said that if Trump “had been Joe Blow from Kokomo, we would have indicted without a big debate.” “I believe that Donald

Brendan Wallace, co-founder and managing partner of Fifth Wall in their Manhattan office. Source: CNBC Fifth Wall, a venture capital firm focused on real estate technology, is tripling down on its bet that climate tech will become an integral driver in the real estate space. It just announced commitments of half a billion dollars to