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Despite lower monthly mortgage payments, a holiday hangover is muting homebuying demand.  The median U.S. monthly housing payment fell to $2,365 during the four weeks ending January 4, down 4.7% from a year earlier and the lowest level since the start of 2024.  Monthly payments fell largely because the weekly average mortgage rate dropped to

More than 95 per cent of housing projects expected to start in London last year failed to do so amid regulatory turmoil, the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) has said.  Lorna Stimpson, chief executive of LABC, said “there is no doubt” that delays with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) approving high-risk buildings has impacted the

Lower figures for 2025 follow end of a waiver on developer levies, Micheál Martin says...

A new fight is heating up in Washington. US Federal Housing Finance Agency, William J. Pulte wants Congress to look into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. He says Powell for giving what he says is false information and misusing public money of almost $2.5 billion. This could bring big trouble for the Fed just as

May 16, 2025 May 16, 2025 The Realtor.com® economics team video update gives you the relevant economic and real estate information you need to know each week every Friday to navigate the housing market as a homebuyer, home seller, or industry professional. For the week ending May 16, Realtor.com® Chief Economist Danielle Hale discusses the

A family whose relative died when a crane crashed through the roof of their home have agreed an out of court financial settlement with a housing association and contractor. Former Squibb Group subsidiary PGCS Partnership and Swan Housing Association and its subsidiary Swan Commercial Services were taken to the High Court in 2023 following the

Southern Housing, one of the largest housing associations in England, has said it was hit for more than £36m by Henley Construct before the contractor went under. The South London-headquartered residential builder entered administration in April 2023 , weeks after Construction News revealed it had placed most of its staff on unpaid leave . At

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