Real Estate

Thirty showings in 3 days on this Sherman Oaks, California property, The Agency Multiple offers and bidding wars return to California’s luxury market. Despite a severe economic downturn in many sectors, California’s luxury real estate market is on a high. Listen to Valery Neuman, founding partner of Compass Greater Palm Springs. “In 29 years selling full-time

Cushman & Wakefield CEO Brett White told CNBC on Friday that he believes the size of the remote workforce may double as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. But, he added, the vast majority will ultimately return to the office.  “If right now roughly 4.5%, 5% of the workforce is permanently at home … pre-Covid,

Eric Eremita is bringing his New York attitude home. Eric Eremita Eric Eremtia is best known from several HGTV shows including Love It Or List It and Brother Vs Brother, as the stereotypical New York contractor you wouldn’t want to fight with, especially when he has power tools in his hands. But, Eremita recently made headlines for being

A pool under construction in Washington, DC. Pat Pugliese | CNBC There is a lot of activity in Justin Sullivan’s backyard, as workers hammer out his new deck, and jackhammers pound through the basement. Concrete for the new pool has already been poured. The Sullivans had planned a renovation before the pandemic hit, but then

The federal government’s stopgap measures in the CARES Act helped buoy the economy. But with key … [+] policies now expired, the housing market is to see a turn for the worse, says EasyKnock founder Jarred Kessler. getty Despite early predictions of an impending doom, the housing market has so far eschewed the dampener that

Richard ‘Rich’ Barton, co-founder and CEO of Zillow Inc. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. real estate market is beginning to show signs of a “great reshuffling,” as people relocate to homes with more privacy and space to ease working from home, Zillow CEO Rich Barton said on the company’s Q2 2020

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Disrupt Equity. Learn more about investment opportunities by visiting our website. getty “Buy land; they’re not making any more of it.” This famous quote attributed to Mark Twain evinces a very simple yet profound idea regarding real estate investing. Since time immemorial, land has been an irreplaceable asset. Land cannot be

Manhattan’s West Side is becoming a destination for Big Tech. Facebook recently inked a deal to lease 730,000 square feet of office space in the Farley Building in midtown Manhattan. Bill Rudin, CEO and co-chairman of Rudin Management Company and chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York, joins “Squawk Box” to discuss the

FHFA, which oversees the two mortgage-buying enterprises Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, is now … [+] mandating that multifamily property owners with government-backed loans in forbearance inform renters about the eviction protections the policy extends to them. getty After Congress let the CARES Act eviction moratorium lapse late last month, the Federal Housing Finance Agency

Ahead of his firm’s NYSE debut Thursday, Dan Gilbert told CNBC that Rocket Companies may make acquisitions to further leverage its mortgage-lending technology.  “We want to use our stock as currency and potentially acquire more fintech organizations and put them in the mold,” said Gilbert, chairman of Rocket Companies, which he founded in 1985.  Rocket Companies

Mortgage rates reached another low this week, helping to keep rising interest rates in check getty Mortgage rates have hit yet another record-breaking low, this time falling to 2.88% on 30-year, fixed-rate loans. That’s down from 2.99% last week and 3.60% a year ago. It’s the lowest average rate ever recorded, according to mortgage purchaser

A for sale sign is seen next to a house in Arlington, Virginia on May 6, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Mortgage rates fell to another record low this week, the eighth record set this year. But home affordability is weakening as the housing shortage, high demand from buyers and rising home

Apartment contracts in Manhattan fell by more than half in July, while deals in many New York suburbs more than doubled, showing a continued flight from the city over the summer.   The number of signed contracts for co-ops and condos in Manhattan — the best real-time measure of activity — dropped 57% in July compared

Robert K. Jafek is Principal at Boomerang Capital Partners, successfully financing and developing real estate since 2006.   getty It is well known that the residential real estate market is highly seasonal, with activity and prices following the heat: It warms up in the spring and gets hot in the summer before cooling off in the fall

The dual staircases in the entryway Jim Bartsch As real estate finds its sea legs again in the wake of Covid, luxury listings are still testing the waters for what the market will bear. The latest top-of-the market listing for the high-end neighborhood of Holmby Hills has come to the listing service with an asking

U.S. consumers have purchased homes at record levels as low mortgage rates encourage demand. U.S. home ownership rose to 67.9 percent in the second quarter, the highest level in more than 10 years, according to the Commerce Department. Eric Lipar, LGI Homes CEO and chairman, join “Closing Bell” to discuss. 05:06 10 minutes ago

Canopy by Hilton Jersey City Arts District is now accepting reservations Aerial panorama of Jersey City skyline at sunset. Getty It’s not exactly an ideal time to open a new hotel, however Canopy by Hilton has doubled down this month with the opening of not one but two new hotels, including the Canopy by Hilton

Houses on Kelly Street in Kentish Town, London. Yui Mok | PA Images | Getty Images The U.K. government has released details of how tradespeople can get involved in its £2 billion ($2.60 billion) “green homes grant” initiative. Announced in July, the scheme will enable landlords and homeowners in England to apply for vouchers to

A for sale sign is seen near a house for sale in South Pasadena, California on April 24, 2020. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Record low mortgage rates are clearly not as impressive as they used to be. Even with another new low set last week, mortgage application volume decreased 5.1% from

David is the Founder and CEO of Realized, leading the firm’s mission to improve lives through innovative real estate wealth solutions. getty A fundamental principle of investing is the risk-return trade-off: The greater the risk, the greater the expected return, and vice versa. Investments in real estate are no exception, but quantifying risk in real estate

TOPLINE Chip and Joanna Gaines, hosts of the wildly popular home improvement TV show Fixer Upper, announced a new season of the Waco, Texas-set program would kick off in 2021—on their own broadcast network—as their lifestyle empire, which comprises of book deals, restaurants, retail shops and a Target home goods line, shows no signs of

The first read on home prices in June is proving just how resilient the housing market has been in the face of an ongoing economic disaster. Strong demand for housing, much of it pushed by the coronavirus pandemic itself, is driving prices higher faster, but forecasters say that may not last. Nationally, home prices increased

School psychologist Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge has been working with young people for decades. Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge / (c) 2019 Emily Mygatt Lee There’s a heated debate taking place around the country about whether schools should reopen for in-person classes this month, when many traditionally welcome students back to campus.  Numerous districts – including some of

Courtney Davis Source: Courtney Davis In a few weeks, Courtney Davis will give birth to her first child, a son, Bentli Jaymes. In the meantime, she’s afraid that she won’t have a home to bring him back to.  “My biggest concern is becoming homeless right now,” Davis, 23, said. Without an extension of a federal

A real estate agent needs to demonstrate certain traits for them to succeed in this line of work. Granted, not all real estate markets are the same, but buyers tend to look for similar things before deciding they can trust a real estate agent. These traits tell the client a lot of details that the

TOPLINE Facebook and Vornado Realty Trust announced Monday the social media company has closed a long-discussed deal to lease 730,000 square feet of the historic Farley Building in Manhattan, in an apparent vote of confidence as real estate firms worry that businesses won’t need expensive office space if people don’t go back to the office

The perspective from an ocean-view ranch at Las Carcavas, a new development attracting international … [+] real estate investors to the Rocha coast in Garzon, Uruguay Rafael Botto As the pandemic’s long-feared second wave comes crashing down on us like a mammoth breaker pounding a cracker box coastal village, some real estate shoppers are looking

Principal at Morgan Properties, a real estate investment and management company that’s the fifth largest apartment owner in the country.  getty Since March, the economic impact of Covid-19 has continued to unfold globally. The rapid pace at which the pandemic has spread and global actions to curtail it are having unprecedented repercussions on the way we

Vodafone’s heat-detection camera captures a person walking into an office building. Vodafone As employers around the world figure out how best to return workers to the office, tech companies are hoping that gadgets and software could help the process. The coronavirus pandemic and resulting lockdowns have left offices around the world empty. And while there’s

Founder and CEO of the pioneering home hospitality brand, D. Alexander, and the Founder and Managing Partner of D. Alexander Capital. getty A few years ago, a thought came to me about the future of homeownership and hospitality while I was road tripping down Highway 1 to stay at a short-term home. I was trying to