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This Walnut Creek, Calif. home was damaged in a fire but that didn’t stop it from being a hot listing. Melinda Byrne A fire-damaged home in Walnut Creek, California, sold for precisely $1 million on Thursday. The accepted offer came significantly over listing price. The two-story, four-bedroom initially listed for $850,000 and immediately incurred a

Flood waters stream down the road in Muhlenberg Township, Pennsylvania, after a major storm last August. Ben Hasty | MediaNews Group | Getty Images Climate change and its devastating impact are accelerating faster than ever, according to a new report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Hurricanes are becoming stronger, rainfall heavier

12 of Beloved Community Village residents, formerly homeless people, are now live in the tiny-house community in Denver, Colorado. Hyoung Chang | MediaNews Group | The Denver Post via Getty Images Demand for tiny homes, either stand-alone or backyard dwellings, rose significantly during the coronavirus pandemic, as some homeowners looked for additional space and others

This is an excerpt from CNBC Make It’s weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. But if you’re currently renting your place, you might see the price tick up when it’s time to renew your lease. In fact, rent is forecast to be even higher this year than it would have

Prospective home buyers arrive to tour a house for sale in Dunlap, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Borrowers backed away from the mortgage market last week, as higher interest rates chilled a recent revival in refinances. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($548,250 or less)

In this article XHB Homebuilder stocks tumbled on Tuesday after a key sentiment gauge fell to its lowest level in the year. That decline was tied to higher material and labor costs that have impacted housing prices and dampened demand. Home Depot also weighed on the group after it fell short on quarterly comps. Lowe’s

A worker walks on the roof of a new home under construction in Carlsbad, California. Mike Blake | Reuters The price of lumber has fallen sharply in the last few months, but apparently that has not been enough to take the pressure off homebuilders. Sentiment among single-family homebuilders dropped five points to 75 in August

A view of the City of London on a clear day. Vuk Valcic | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images LONDON — About 10% of London offices could soon become unusable when new rules on energy efficiency are implemented, according to analysis from a leading real estate company. Under the new standards, set to

Residential buildings in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. James Andrews | iStock | Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down at least part of New York’s eviction moratorium, potentially leaving thousands of renters in the state at risk of being forced out of their homes. The court’s order

New York City housing advocates and tenants march to demand Gov. Andrew Cuomo cancel rent amid the pandemic on Oct. 10, 2020. Andrew Lichtenstein | Corbis News | Getty Images A U.S. judge rejected on Friday a request by landlord groups to block the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new eviction moratorium. The decision

Kyle Little, chief operating officer at New York-based wholesale distributor Sherwood Lumber, told CNBC on Thursday that the recent slide in lumber prices has rekindled demand after a massive runup earlier this year challenged the affordability of building projects. “Over the last three weeks we’ve seen renewed interest,” the industry veteran and former lumber trader

In this article TREE darekm101 | Getty Image Big-city dwellers may dream of slashing expenses by moving to the country. But owning a home in a small town can be just as costly as a major metropolis — and in some cases, properties may be pricier. That’s according to a study from LendingTree, which analyzed

They are usually reserved for homebuyers, but bidding wars are becoming more common in the rental home market. Demand for apartment and single-family rentals is surging and outpacing supply. As the economy improves, workers are moving out of shared living situations and looking for their own homes. In addition, the housing market is so expensive

The economy is improving from the worst of the pandemic, but the situation for struggling renters isn’t. For the last six months or so, more than 11 million renters have reported being behind. That lack of progress is largely due to how slow states have been to get federal rental assistance out to people in

In this article CWK The CEO of commercial real estate brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield told CNBC on Wednesday he’s seeing encouraging signs in the office market as it overcomes significant coronavirus-related disruption. “We lost about 2.9 million office jobs in April, May of last year. We’ve recovered 2.2 million of those jobs and we

Homes in the North Park neighborhood of San Diego, California. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images After falling steadily for a month, demand for mortgages to purchase a home rose slightly last week. Coupled with a continued increase in refinancing, total mortgage application volume rose 2.8% for the week, according to the Mortgage Bankers

Kseniya Ragozina | Getty Images Small investors who might not have the funds – or the stomach to be landlords – have a new option to get in on the lucrative single-family rental market. Fundrise, which started in 2012 as a crowdfunding platform for commercial real estate, is broadening its scope to single-family rental homes.

In this article GOOGL Google is asking the city for feedback on its early plans to transform a Silicon Valley office site with “sustainability” features. City of San Jose filings Google is planning yet another Silicon Valley campus, which will sit adjacent to a new center partly devoted to hardware, according to preliminary plans obtained

More than 11 million Americans continue to report being behind on their rent. How much renters owe varies greatly from one state and county to the next, according to data provided to CNBC by Surgo Ventures, a nonprofit organization focusing on health and data. Across the country, the average renter in arrears owes $3,700. The

Lucy Nicholson | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday released a new federal eviction moratorium, just days after the previous ban expired on July 31. The new rules bought more time for some, but not all, of the millions of renters facing eviction. It’s also increased confusion for many in danger

Pent-up demand is bringing shoppers back to malls like the Mall of America in Minneapolis. Owen Franken | Corbis Documentary | Getty Images After being hobbled by the pandemic recession, real estate investment trusts are rebounding rapidly, and the economic recovery isn’t the only thing driving growth this year. Share prices are rising from demand

In this article MGP VICI MGM Resorts International President and CEO Bill Hornbuckle is interviewed during the launch of the 100-megawatt MGM Resorts Mega Solar Array, the hospitality industry’s largest directly sourced renewable electricity project in the world on June 28, 2021 in Dry Lake Valley, Nevada. Gabe Ginsberg | Getty Images Real estate investment

Richard Stephen | iStock | Getty Images Leopold broke down his bed and his children’s bunk beds and packed up his belongings, preparing for himself, his wife and their six children to become homeless. “I was trembling,” said Leopold, who asked to use his first name only because of the stigma attached to eviction. “But

In this article CATL-SG Easy credit is becoming less available in China’s real estate market, but CapitaLand Group’s Andrew Lim says fiscally prudent firms could stand to benefit. “In the current climate where other companies may be more fiscally challenged without access to credit, we’re now in the position to sort of level the playing

No-Mad | iStock | Getty Images The Biden administration is expected to announce a new federal eviction moratorium on Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the matter. The eviction ban will be targeted at areas of the country experiencing high levels of coronavirus infections. The protection will last for 60 days until Oct. 3,

Bill Oxford | iStock | Getty Images Although the national ban on evictions is now over, a number of states have issued their own protections for renters that will last for months more. These local policies can buy tenants time to get approved for federal rental assistance and help them to stay in their homes.

A real estate for sale sign shows the home as being “Under Contract” in Washington, DC, November 19, 2020. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Pending sales of existing homes in June, which are measured by signed contracts, fell 1.9% month-to-month, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales were also down 1.9% compared

In this article VNO The inside floor of a Wegmans grocery store. Photo by Aditi Shrikant Wegmans Food Markets announced Thursday that it will be opening its second location in New York City and its first in Manhattan, as it moves into the old Kmart location at Astor Place. The grocery chain with a cult-like

Focqus, LLC | iStock | Getty Images President Joe Biden is calling on Congress to extend the national eviction ban set to expire in two days. “This moratorium prevented hundreds of thousands of Americans from experiencing the heartbreak, homelessness and health risks that too often emanate from evictions — particularly during a pandemic,” White House

In this article Rauf Karimov | iStock | Getty Images With the national eviction ban expiring today, Leopold expects he and his wife, Vivia, and their six young children, will be forced out of their home in Deerfield Beach, Florida, where they’ve lived for the past three years. They’re one of millions of families in