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Even during the usually slow holiday season, the housing market is hotter than ever this year. Low supply and incredibly high, Covid-induced demand have made buyers beyond competitive and sellers particularly picky. As a result, all-cash deals, which sellers favor, are rising in certain regions and at certain price points. All-cash sales now make up

An exterior view of the Oracle Field Office at Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia, October 18, 2019. Tom Brenner | Reuters Oracle is the latest tech company to move its headquarters out of California. The company said on Friday it’s moving its headquarters from the Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas. “Oracle is implementing a more

The CEO of real estate firm CBRE told CNBC on Friday he expects the coronavirus pandemic to have created a lasting impact on offices — but he’s hardly envisioning a doomsday outcome. “You’ll see a hybrid scenario. Lots of returning to the office. We think 80%-plus of that occupancy, if not more, will come back,”

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told CNBC on Friday that the number of companies deciding to move their headquarters to the Lone Star State has accelerated due in part to the coronavirus pandemic. The Republican governor’s comments came shortly after it was reported that software giant Oracle is moving its corporate center from Redwood City, California,

Signs lay on the ground after people gathered outside of an apartment complex with the intention to stop the alleged eviction of one of the tenants in Mount Rainier, MD, U.S., August 10, 2020. Leah Millis | Reuters One of the main ways that state and local governments have tried to slow the spread of

Housing is doing something it hasn’t done since the bubble. According to economic forecaster Lakshman Achuthan, home prices across the country are rising at the fastest pace since 2004. Plus, he finds price growth is at a record high. “This economy that has been really driven by stuff at home,” the co-founder of the Economic

American homeowners are $1 trillion richer as the pandemic-driven housing boom pads their pockets. As prices rise, home equity multiplies. In the past year, homeowners with mortgages, representing about 63% of all properties, have seen their equity increase by 10.8%, according to CoreLogic. That equates to a collective $1 trillion in gained equity, or an

Courtney Keating | E+ | Getty Images Talk to anyone who’s gone through divorce and they’d likely say the experience was no walk in the park. Yet the notion may be weighing on more spouses during the pandemic, some research shows. For instance, based on Loanry.com’s internal data, there’s been a 62% increase in loan

A man enters a building with rental apartments available on August 19, 2020 in New York City. Eduardo MunozAlvarez | VIEW press | Corbis News | Getty Images Renters started returning to Manhattan in November, lured by a record drop in rental prices, according to a new report. The number of new leases in November

Scott Heins | Getty Images News | Getty Images The next stimulus package may include relief for renters struggling in the pandemic. In a summary of the bipartisan legislation circulated on Wednesday, lawmakers included a national eviction moratorium until February, 2021, and $25 billion in rental assistance for tenants who’ve fallen behind. Those funds would

A for sale sign is posted in front of a home as interest rates for home loans climbed to nearly 4% in the wake of the election of Donald Trump to be the U.S. president on November 17, 2016 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Mortgage rates fell again, falling to a record

Getty Images We’ve officially reached the last month of 2020. For many investors, that may prompt a sigh of relief. But financial advisors say this is a great time to step back and assess which year-end financial moves you need to make now and revisit your money strategy to set yourself up for a prosperous

One57 building in the skyline of New York City as seen from the Rockefeller Center Observation Deck. Roberto Machado Noa | LightRocket | Getty Images The seller of a luxury condo apartment on Manhattan’s Billionaires’ Row took a loss of at least $12 million to offload the property, according to public filings. The 4,500-square-foot condo

The hot housing market during the coronavirus pandemic could heat up further if more homes are put up for sale, the CEO of real estate brokerage Redfin told CNBC on Monday. “If we see people get more comfortable letting others into their home, we’re going to see more inventory on the market, and that’s what will

For close to a decade, the Honeycutts lived in the brick house with white shudders on Patterson Street in China Grove, North Carolina. Vicki Honeycutt and her husband, James, a disabled Gulf War veteran, loved to sit out on the front porch, drinking Pepsis or sweet tea. Vicki’s favorite space in the three-bedroom house was

Tenants in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City hold a demonstration to call attention to their rent strike during the Covid-19 pandemic Andrew Lichtenstein | Corbis News | Getty Images Come January, life will get a bit tougher for those already struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic. Unless more aid comes from the government, several

A house for sale in Sarasota, Florida Scott Mlyn | CNBC  Thanksgiving week isn’t usually a popular time for homebuying, but most economic numbers this year are incomparable, especially in the pandemic-spiked housing market.  Mortgage applications to purchase a home jumped 9% last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally

Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates have been sitting near record lows since the start of the pandemic, and while millions of Americans have already refinanced their home loans this year, very few of them have taken cash out in the process. Cash-out deals made up just 27% of all mortgage

People wait to visit a house for sale in Floral Park, Nassau County, New York. Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Strong, pandemic-induced demand for housing is still there, but buyers may now be hitting an affordability wall. Pending home sales fell 1.1% month-to-month in October but were 20.2% higher compared with

As many as 35 million Americans are facing the possibility of eviction due to an inability to make housing payments on time. In some states, such as Mississippi, Florida, and West Virginia, the proportion of renters facing the possibility of eviction exceeded 50% earlier this year. If you’re among the millions of Americans caught in the late

Demonstrators display signs calling for an end to evictions and foreclosures during a rally at Boston Housing Court outside the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse on Oct. 29, 2020. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Expiring state eviction bans have led to hundreds of thousands of additional coronavirus cases, new research finds, raising alarm

For a myriad of reasons, millennials, America’s largest generation, are becoming homeowners later in life and at lower rates than the generations of Americans that preceded them.  The rapid expansion of the middle-class after World War II made owning a home easier and, ultimately, a symbol of the American dream. But according to the Urban

In this Tuesday, July 17, 2012 photo, a single family home is offered for sale in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. Average rates on fixed mortgages fell again this week to record lows, creating more incentive for buyers to enter the recovering housing market. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday, July 19, 2012, that

People walk into a house for sale in Floral Park, Nassau County, New York, on Sept. 6, 2020. Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Strong, Covid-induced demand from homebuyers over the summer caused an exceptionally strong spike in home prices. Values jumped 7% annually, in September, up from a 5.8% annual gain

Jb Reed | Bloomberg | Getty Images The average interest rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage has set a record low 13 times so far this year. It did it again last week. That has given current homeowners unprecedented potential to save on their monthly payments through a refinance. With the latest record low

During the mortgage bubble in the early 2000s, when investors were feverishly trading faulty subprime bonds, a few savvy skeptics recognized the bonds were doomed, so they bet against them. They shorted the bonds and made billions. Now one of those players is doing the same thing, but not on subprime. He’s doing it based on

Volunteers distribute food to the needy in Orlando, Fla. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images About 12 million Americans will lose unemployment benefits in December when CARES Act provisions lapse, absent an extension, according to a new analysis. Unemployment benefits will terminate for more than half of current recipients at the end of the year, coinciding

The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. Adam Jeffery | CNBC The Trump Organization’s efforts to sell the Trump International Hotel Washington DC have been put on indefinite hold, casting doubts on the future of one of the President’s biggest financial bets, according to industry executives. The Trump Organization hired Jones Lang LaSalle to shop

Sales of existing homes in October soared well past expectations, rising 4.3% compared with September and 26.6% annually to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 6.85 million units, according to the National Association of Realtors. The NAR’s chief economist, Lawrence Yun, called the annual increase “a spectacular gain.” The annualized sales rate is the highest

XiFotos | E+ | Getty Images You’ve been working for a long time, and now you have started looking forward to retirement. It takes a lot of planning, and you may or may not feel you’ve done enough to enjoy a comfortable, worry-free life after work. As you consider the many factors that can affect