Chinese homebuyers have driven housing prices and developers’ stocks skywards in the past decade but that has been clearly over for more than a year. Official economic data released on Wednesday showed the slowdown in the sector ...
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Residents in Tangshan are very familiar with the concept of oversupply. A severe glut in the steel industry has put many jobs at risk in the northeastern Chinese city that counts the metal as one of its primary exports. But the oversupply ...
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Home prices continued to show solid growth in most of the country due to limited inventory conditions, but rising prices and severe winter weather caused existing-home sales to slip in February, according to the National Association of ...
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Location, location, location! Those are the watchwords of the real estate industry, where prospective homebuyers are cautioned to consider a huge number of potential factors when they set out to purchase, or build, a home. Homesites ...
The majority of homes in metropolitan areas in the third quarter experienced robust year-over-year price gains, with the national median price showing the strongest annual growth in nearly eight years, according to the latest quarterly ...
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A year ago, rising domestic property prices would most likely have prompted policymakers to reach into the cupboard and pull out a blanket and smother them. Former premier Wen Jiabao, who stepped down in March, oversaw a nearly ...
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General strengthening in the housing market over the past 18 months is translating into increased spending on home improvements, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released by the Remodeling Futures Program at ...
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After reaching the highest level in over six years, pending home sales declined in June, with rising mortgage interest rates beginning to impact the market, according to the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales Index, ...
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At the beginning of this year, 84 Lumber Company launched "We Build American," a well thought-out movement focused to persuade builders, remodelers and homebuyers to use American-made materials when building or remodeling their homes. Since ...
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Driven by rising home prices and growing demand,the U.S.housing recovery is well underway,concludes The State of the Nation's Housing report released today by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.While still at ...
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Nothing says luxury like a beautiful hardwood floor. The new Midtown hardwood collection by Armstrong lets you achieve a stunning hardwood style without the cost implications or performance limitations. One of America’s “Top ...
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The shape of homeownership and housing markets has changed dramatically over time and will continue to change in the face of new housing opportunities and challenges. That’s according to panelists at the “Challenges and ...
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Most potential homebuyers want their washer and dryer on the main floor of the house, according to a new survey from the National Association of Home Builders. It's convenient, but if the machines are so noisy they drown out your ...
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Homebuyers have become more practical since the housing market crisis—they don't want cavernous entryways but they do want plenty of storage space. They want to be close to their jobs and integrated into their communities. And they ...
Dr. Esmael Adibi, economist with Chapman University, was so popular when he addressed attendees of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) a few years ago that he was invited back this week to the association’s ...
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