Real Estate

Singapore has hinted that unvaccinated travelers may be subject to longer quarantine periods and additional testing. franckreporter | E+ | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Housing prices have shot up across cities in Asia-Pacific this year, fueled by record low interest rates amid the pandemic. Optimism has also gained steam as vaccination rates gain pace, and

As wildfires tear across America’s West, the immediate risk is to life and property, but they will eventually affect water supplies. That’s one reason large corporations are beginning to help fund forest restoration in order to mitigate their water risk.  The water supply for many communities, including large cities, starts in mountains and national forests.

A crowd of supporters including elected officials, legal professionals and concerned neighbors gathered to attempt to stop an illegal eviction of a resident in Bushwick, Brooklyn during the State mandated moratorium due to the pandemic, August 8, 2020. Erik McGregor | LightRocket | Getty Images New York State lawmakers have voted to extend an eviction

Peter Thiel Adam Jeffery | CNBC Peter Thiel, the tech billionaire who co-founded PayPal and Palantir and backed Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, has filed plans to build large complex on a 193-hectare estate that he owns on the South Island of New Zealand. Thiel, who was also an early investor in Facebook and currently

The exterior of the Gloria Crest Estate located in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. LuxQue Media / Mike Aghachi A mansion was once hailed as one of the most expensive homes for sale in New Jersey, has seen its price drop like a ton of bricks. Back in 2013, the 28-room estate at 83 North Woodland

A “For Sale” sign outside a house in West Palm Beach, Florida, April 7, 2021. Marco Bello | Bloomberg | Getty Images A prolonged period of low mortgage rates is taking its toll on the refinance market, as most borrowers who qualify have already gone through the process. The average contract interest rate for 30-year

Kameleon007 | iStock | Getty Images The national eviction ban is no longer in effect, after the Supreme Court struck it down last week, leaving the more than 11 million Americans still behind on their rent at risk of being forced out of their homes. However, at least four states and Washington, D.C., will continue

Jianbi Chen | iStock | Getty Images Now that struggling renters are no longer protected by a national ban on evictions, it has become even more pressing for those households to get approved for federal rental assistance. Congress has allocated more than $45 billion in rental assistance to address the crisis hitting tenants and their

Real estate agents Rosa Arrigo, center, and Elisa Rosen, right, work an open house in West Hempstead, New York on April 18, 2021. Newsday LLC | Newsday | Getty Images Home prices rose 18.6% annually in June, up from the 16.8% increase in May, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index. That

Housing prices across Asia-Pacific are surging — in some cases, by as much as 37%. Homebuyers are taking advantage of continued pandemic-induced stimulus, while international investors are looking for a place to put their money. To get a better picture of where real estate prices are going, CNBC compared the median sale prices of one-,

The mansion at 1108 Wallace Ridge in Beverly Hills, California is 18,000 square feet and unfolds over two levels. Mark Angeles It took six years for this $65 million megahome to rise up on a ridge in Los Angeles. Back in 2014, an outdated mansion sat on the half-acre lot at 1108 Wallace Ridge. It

A pending sale sign in front of a home in Miami. Getty Images Signed contracts to purchase previously owned homes fell 1.8% in July from June, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sky-high home prices have caused affordability to drop dramatically in the last several months. The median price of an existing home was

Investor Peter Boockvar is sounding the alarm on a housing price bubble brought on by the Federal Reserve’s Covid pandemic policies. He warns first-time homebuyers are most vulnerable to dramatic losses. “I feel bad for the people who bought homes over the past year because they’re the ones that paid the very elevated prices,” the chief

People protest for a moratorium on evictions on Aug. 4, 2021 in New York. Stephanie Keith | Getty Images Millions of Americans who remain behind on their rent could now be at risk of being pushed out of their homes after the Supreme Court rejected the Biden administration’s most recent eviction ban. The Centers for

Before David Taylor, 38, could even finish touring homes he and his wife, Destiny, 37, were interested in buying, other buyers would offer $20,000 or $30,000 more than the listing price, in cash. After months of getting beaten out before they could even bid, their agent clued them in to a home in Christiansburg, Virginia,

People wait to visit a house for sale in Floral Park, Nassau County, New York. Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images After rising for three weeks, mortgage rates came back down a bit last week, but it didn’t seem to have much effect on mortgage demand. Total application volume rose 1.6% last

The setting sun reflects off One World Trade Center and the skyline of lower Manhattan in New York City as the moon rises on March 7, 2020 as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. Gary Hershorn | Getty Images New York City now holds the top slot as the most expensive apartment rental market in

A home, available for sale, is shown on August 12, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Sales of existing homes in July rose 2% from June to a seasonally adjusted, annualized rate of 5.99 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. These sales figures are based on closings, so it

Miracle Messages founder and CEO Kevin F. Adler, right, with community ambassadors Beverly Stevenson and Brian Whitten in San Francisco. San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images More than six years ago, Kevin F. Adler walked the streets of his San Francisco neighborhood with an unusual purpose: He wanted

In this article 3333-HK A banner promoting the Emerald Bay residential project outside the China Evergrande Centre in the Wan Chai area of Hong Kong, China, on Friday, July 23, 2021. Lam Yik | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese authorities called for indebted property giant Evergrande to resolve its debt risks during a