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NEW YORK: After eight straight quarters of contraction, it looks like the slide in US residential investment may be finished.
OTTAWA: Canada has an ambitious plan to double the pace of homebuilding within a decade but the first big challenge is finding enough skilled workers, as the country grapples with the tightest labour market on record and with construction already at a multi-year high.
Oil prices eased about 1% on Tuesday as US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed moves to end the three-year-old war in Ukraine, which could result in a possible easing of sanctions on Russian fuel exports.
Computer science teacher, Lawon Williams and architect Bryan Hudson, recruited students to help design the homes and watch them come together from start to finish.
Sales of new US single-family homes fell more than expected in January as persistently high mortgage rates sidelined potential buyers, the latest indication that the housing market and overall economic activity slowed early in the first quarter (1Q).
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona's city hall said on Friday it would buy an apartment block known as 'Casa Orsola' to prevent the eviction of several tenants, including a teacher who has become a symbol of Spain's housing crisis and months of protests against over-tourism.
US stocks rallied on Friday to close out a strong week on optimism over the health of the economy and path of interest rates as investors braced for a slew of policy changes under the incoming Trump administration.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- New-home sales in the United States rebounded last month as builders and consumers sealed deals that had been delayed by storms in the South, and buyers took advantage of heavy sales incentives.
LONDON: Prime Minister Keir Starmer will spell out a set of targets on the UK economy, health care and crime over the coming week as he seeks to reset his fledgling administration following a turbulent return to power for Labour.
US stocks ended little changed on Tuesday, but the Nasdaq eked out a modest gain while investors kept an eye on Treasuries yields and awaited more earnings to assess the health of American companies.
BARACK Obama’s speech at last week’s Democratic National Convention marks what is almost certainly the high-water mark for the political visibility of the YIMBY movement.
Britain’s biggest developers are increasingly turning to a costly service to try to sidestep delays in the country’s broken planning system, a trend that underlines the extent of the challenge awaiting the new Labour government as it looks to make reforms.
MADRID (Reuters) - Francisco Carrillo sobbed with relief as he lay on the bed in his new apartment in Madrid provided by a charity after three years of sleeping rough in the backroom of a theatre.
Oil prices climbed about 2% on Wednesday on a bigger-than-expected weekly drop in US crude stockpiles and as a weaker US dollar overshadowed signs of lower economic growth in China.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq tumbled on Wednesday as plunging microchip shares, in the face of potential escalation of US trade conflicts with China, exacerbated the ongoing rotation out of megacap tech-related stocks.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed lower on Thursday, as market bellwether Nvidia retreated from earlier gains, while investors evaluated recent economic data and commentary from Federal Reserve officials to determine the timing of interest-rate cuts this year.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Homebuilding in the United States dropped in October, with the building of single-family units falling to its lowest level in over two years, as sharply rising mortgage rates have made it more difficult to purchase homes.
Oil prices rose to multi-month highs for the second straight session on Tuesday as traders assessed how Ukraine's recent attacks on Russian refineries would affect global petroleum supplies.
INVESTORS are watching home builder stocks as rising interest rates threaten to shake up a sector that surged to record highs in 2021.
