Real Estate

The quote in the headline from Dunder Mifflin regional manager Michael Scott, played by Steve Carell on the sitcom The Office, seems to be the philosophy many investors have adopted when it comes to the New York City office market. As a result, 2022 was an active year for office sales with dollar volume citywide

A residential neighborhood in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, May 22, 2022. Jordan Vonderhaar | Bloomberg | Getty Images The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage dropped to 6.57% on Monday, according to Mortgage News Daily. That’s down from a rate of 6.76% on Friday and a recent high of 7.05% last Wednesday. Mortgage

The phrase “house of Gucci” may bring the book or film to mind, but in the exclusive residential heart of Rome there literally is a house constructed and still owned by Gucci family heirs. Intrigued? It’s for sale. In the late 1940s, fashion magnate and one-time CEO Aldo Gucci, the eldest son of the iconic

Homes at Rivo Alto Island in Miami Beach, Florida, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. housing market is taking a hard hit from higher mortgage rates, and luxury home sales are seeing the worst of it. Sales of luxury homes dropped 45% during the three

Renters are finally getting a break on their rent as prices drop. The median asking rent rose 1.7% year over year to $1,937 in February—the smallest increase in nearly two years and the lowest level in a year, according to a new report from Redfin RDFN . Rents were up nearly 10 times that much

Southern California’s Manhattan Beach is a city of neighborhoods, each with its own advantages and bragging rights. There’s the Tree Section, the Sand Section, the shop-filled downtown and the ocean-facing Strand. This custom-built home is in an affluent pocket called the Hill Section, known for grand homes and grander views. While residents in some parts

A “For Sale” sign outside of a home in Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Dustin Chambers | Bloomberg | Getty Images After dropping to a 28-year low the previous week, mortgage demand recovered slightly, even though interest rates marched higher. Total mortgage application volume rose 7.4% last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers

The conversation isn’t about returning to the office, Mark Dixon, IWG CEO, told CNBC. Bloomberg / Contributor / Getty Images There’s a “shock” coming for the commercial real estate industry, but the opportunities ahead are huge, according to Mark Dixon, CEO of flexible office company IWG. Technology enabled a “fundamental seismic shift” in commercial real

Million-dollar-plus homes are making up a smaller portion of the housing pie than they did in the spring according to a recent survey. Just over 7% of homes in the U.S. are worth $1 million or more. The share has dropped from June 2022’s all-time high of 8.6% and remains essentially unchanged from a year

It would seem that the sky’s the limit for the “Big Sky Country” after Montana ranked in the top 10 population gains in the nation. With 17,000 new residents, Montana grew 1.5% over the past year, thanks to an influx of new residents from decreased-population states like California and Illinois. This newfound popularity has put

The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage jumped back over 7% on Thursday, rising to 7.1%, according to Mortgage News Daily. Growing fears that inflation is not cooling off are pushing bond yields higher. Mortgage rates loosely follow the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury. related investing news El-Erian says the Fed should go

The supply of homes for sale rose at a record annual pace for the sixth month in a row, up 67.8% year over year in February, signaling the housing market’s continued rebalancing, according to a recent housing trend survey. Despite the significant increase in inventory over last year’s record lows, home prices are still growing,

Hundreds of anti-Netanyahu protesters gathered on Wednesday outside a hair salon after the prime minister’s wife, Sara, was spotted at a hair salon nearby. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images New concerns about Israel’s economy are leading global investors to question the money they have in the country. Massive protests have intensified in

Homes in Rocklin, California, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates moved higher again last week, pushing buyers back to the sidelines just as the spring housing market is supposed to be heating up. Mortgage applications to purchase a home dropped 6% last week compared with the

Home ownership has seen a mostly upward trend over the past five years, rising again in 2022 to 65.9%, which is the highest it has been since 2011. Several new studies have been released mapping out the gains and losses in homeownership and related wealth with regards to the U.S. Black population. Zillow, for example,

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images A sharp drop in mortgage interest rates brought homebuyers out in force in January, but rates have bounced back higher again, so the gains may be short-lived. Signed contracts on existing homes jumped 8.1% last month compared with December, according to the National Association of Realtors. That’s the

A home along a canal comes with certain advantages, particularly when that waterfront is in an upscale community such as Vero Beach, Florida. From a privacy standpoint there are no neighbors sharing a backyard border. Instead, a tranquil waterway acts as a natural buffer. From an investment angle, homes on the water are always in

Phiromya Intawongpan | Istock | Getty Images Anyone who’s exploring homeownership may know that rising interest rates and elevated home prices are making that goal challenging. The average rate on a typical 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage has been zigzagging between 6% and 7% for the last several months — down from above 7% in early November

Autonomous cars are no longer a sign of the future. In the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh plans are underway to build a massive city-within-a-city, complete with racetracks for flying cars and immersive experiences that mimic visits to other planets or worlds where people tower over regular-sized buildings. Called The Mukaab (derived from the Arabic

A TV camera points to the U.S. Supreme Court as justices inside heard arguments in Gonzalez v. Google at the court in Washington, February 21, 2023 Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Supreme Court in a unanimous decision Wednesday ruled that a California woman could not use U.S. bankruptcy code protection to avoid paying a $200,000