Just months after a CNN Money poll showed that the "Great American Dream" of owning a home was fading away, a new study buy Country Financial - one of the leading investment and insurance firms in the U.S. - found that Americans are super optimistic about the housing market and owning a home is still a great part of the dream.
Millennials, the generation aged between 18 and 32 years, may be the superheroes that could save the housing market. But like a superhero, the millennials need a place to charge their powers as well. Therefore, MarketWatch put together a list of things a typical millennial would be attracted to.
Hyundai Motor Group, the famous automobile maker, will reportedly pay $10 billion for a site in Seoul, where it plans on building its headquarters. The car-maker outbid Samsung Electronics to buy the Gangnam District site in the capital of South Korea.
People living in green neighborhoods tend to have healthier babies, according to a new joint study conducted by the Oregon State University and the University of British Columbia.
Areas that have high rated schools tend to be more expensive, according to a new Redfin Study. Areas that have high rated schools tend to be more expensive, according to a new Redfin Study.
Crowdfunding - "the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet" - has become quite popular of late. The industry has come a long way since its start in 2003 and according to Forbes, grew $5.1 billion in 2013. Anything and everything you can imagine is being crowdfunded now - including air fares! Therefore, it wasn't long that the investing trend would creep into real estate.
The American real estate market is currently experiencing a slowdown. Though home prices have been mapping a sluggish way upwards, the still-improving inventory levels have kept cost of buying a home high. Mortgage rates may be low, but the standard of lending is strictly tight. In these conditions, where does one look to buy a home? To help you evaluate and make a property purchase decision, RealtyTrac - the popular real estate intelligence firm - has come up with lists of American cities where buying a property is most and least affordable.
Asian real estate portfolios are more stable and sustainable than North American property, according to a new survey conducted by CBRE - the property intelligence firm.
Tesla Motors, the famous electronic automobile company, will set up its $5 billion battery "Gigafactory" at a site in Nevada, according to several news reports.
We already knew that with the Chinese housing market down in the dumps, a large number of investors from the world's second largest economy were looking to invest in the U.S. real estate. But, it's not just the big players who want to cash in on the American property segment. Small investors from the country have now started following their richer, larger counterparts.
Builders are becoming more positive about the U.S. condominium and apartment markets, according to the National Association of Home Builder's (NAHB) quarterly housing index.