Real Estate

With its mesmerizing gardens, Stonefields is a feast for the eyes and so it should be. The 50-acre spread has been the private home and showplace of Paul Bangay, Australia’s renowned landscape designer, for nearly two decades. His private sanctuary, the estate is in the rolling foothills near the pre-Gold Rush town of Kyneton in

An ‘Open House’ sign is displayed as potential home buyers arrive at a property for sale in Columbus, Ohio. Ty Wright | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rising mortgage rates, high home prices and uncertainty in the overall economy have Americans feeling more pessimistic about the state of the housing market. In October, just 16% of

Topline Though the labor market’s overall resilience continues to puzzle experts, the plight of rising interest rates, which are spurring a historic plunge in home sales, could soon lead to a rash of harsher job cuts across the housing sector—which, alongside the technology industry, has already seen firms lay off thousands of workers in recent

A home awaits sale at a reduced asking price in Glendale, California. David McNew | Getty Images The historic run-up in home prices during the first two years of the pandemic gave homeowners record amounts of new home equity. Since May, however, about $1.5 trillion of that has vanished, according to Black Knight, a mortgage

The pandemic turned us into a nation of painters. Confined within our four walls, we could not resist the temptation to contemplate a color change. We wanted drama, but we also wanted a peaceful environment; we wanted a graphic punch of color while we yearned for a soothing backdrop; mostly, we just wanted a change.

Mortgage application volume barely moved last week, falling 0.5% compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Rates, meanwhile, dropped back a little bit last week, but they’re still near a 22-year high. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($647,200 or less)

What’s old is new again at Faircourt, a Tuscan-inspired villa built for a wealthy industrialist in the late 1800s in the borough of Bernardsville, New Jersey. Set on about 13 acres, the mansion in the Somerset Hills was reconfigured in 1916 to include such details as ornate woodwork, gilded ceilings and marble floors. In more

Collin Madden, founding partner of GEM Real Estate Partners, walks through empty office space in a building they own that is up for sale in the South Lake Union neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, May 14, 2021. Karen Ducey | Reuters A few things we know about corporate real estate: it’s a focus of cost-cutting for

Cradled by two wildlife corridors edged with creeks, this distinctive Carpinteria estate sports a zinc roof patterned after canoes built by native Chumash that once inhabited the Carpinteria Valley, 85 miles north of Los Angeles. Set in the foothills two miles from the ocean, the four-bedroom home sits on 11-plus acres designated as an agricultural

A For Sale sign is posted in front of a property in Monterey Park, California on August 16, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images After more than two years of a historically lean housing market, listings are starting to rise − and swiftly. Active inventory nationally jumped 33.5% in October from the

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Far East Organization—controlled by billionaire brothers Robert and Philip Ng—in partnership with Japan’s Sekisui House submitted the highest bid of S$320.8 million ($226 million) for a suburban residential site in the prime Upper Bukit Timah neighborhood in western Singapore. The duo’s offer was higher than the

In this article WFC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Getty Images Mortgage volumes at Wells Fargo slowed further in recent weeks, leaving some workers idle and sparking concerns the lender will need to cut more employees as the U.S. housing slump deepens. The bank had about 18,000 loans in its retail origination pipeline in

The Federal Reserve has decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 3.75% – 4%, continuing its aggressive campaign against persistent inflation. Policymakers suggested that there was more to come, but also outlined a possible rationale for slowing rate increases soon. That’s the sixth consecutive rate hike this year, pushing rates

The Federal Reserve raised the target federal funds rate by 0.75 percentage point for the fourth time in a row on Wednesday, marking an unprecedented pace of rate hikes. The U.S. central bank has raised the benchmark short-term borrowing rate a total of six times this year, including 75 basis point increases in June, July and

Two-year old start-up Way will announce later today the close of their Series A round totaling $20 million with a valuation of $100 million. Tiger Global led the round with several other participants including MSD Capital, the Michael Dell–founded private investment firm which has a strong presence in the real estate technology landscape. In the

Leaky homes and buildings are some of the greatest climate offenders, but a Dayton, Ohio-based start-up is making big gains in shoring up the problem. Aeroseal, which seals both air ducts and building envelopes, is now available across America and in 29 countries. Leaky airducts and walls are the single largest reason for wasted energy

Sean McVay is as much a superstar as the team he coached through this year’s Super Bowl win. At the age of just 36, having such success in the field is a record-breaking achievement. One of the NFL’s best coaches, McVay led the Los Angeles Rams out of 12 straight years of missing the postseason

A worker drills plywood on a single family home under construction in Lehi, Utah, on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images The once-hot housing market is cooling off at an alarming rate, and some homebuilders say it will only get worse come the new year as new orders dry up.

If you’ve ever purchased or searched for a piece of furniture from a major national retailer, you’ve probably come across the brand Four Hands without even knowing it. But don’t be fooled, Four Hands is a major name in the furniture industry earning nearly $500 million in revenue in 2021, outpacing the two previous years

In this article TRU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT From credit cards to mortgages, it’s suddenly a lot more expensive to borrow money. The Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark short-term rate 3 percentage points since March in an effort to curb unrelenting inflation, with another rate hike likely on the way next week. “Borrowers are feeling