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The hot housing market is shining a spotlight on the fine print in many agreements between home builders and home buyers. Months after signing contracts to build new homes, some buyers said their builders threatened to walk away from their deal unless they could come up with thousands more to buy the house. Read on to learn more about...

Home flipping may be making a comeback, but returns are shrinking.

Indebted Chinese property giant Evergrande has been scrambling to pay its suppliers, and warned investors that it could default.

Mortgage rates rose sharply this week, and it could be the beginning of an upward trend.

The ongoing crisis surrounding debt-ridden Chinese developer Evergrande has captured global investor attention for much of this week.

The haunted house is about to fetch a pretty penny on the real estate market.

The mortgage market is unprepared for the multifold physical and financial risks related to climate change, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Airbnb announced Thursday that it is planning to provide temporary housing to an additional 20,000 Afghan refugees, bringing the total number up to 40,000.

Investment holding firm Chinese Estates announced in an exchange filing Thursday plans to potentially dispose of its entire stake in developer China Evergrande.

Google’s deal to buy a Manhattan building adds to the rapid growth of Silicon Alley, despite a rise in remote work and a decline in the New York office market.

The present troubles for renters are explained in large part by inequities that predate the Covid pandemic.

The share of first-time buyers fell to just 29% of all sales, the lowest since January 2019.

Mortgage demand rose last week as more buyers came into the housing market.

Property developer China Evergrande’s debt woes are unlikely to cause the same fallout as the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, analysts said.

A default by Evergrande will have minimal effect on the Chinese financial system, said Li Daokui, a former advisor at the People’s Bank of China.

Google plans to buy a New York City office building for $2.1 billion, the company announced Tuesday.

Fears over a potential contagion from embattled developer China Evergrande Group dragged down the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong by more than 3% on Monday.

Strategists do not now expect financial contagion from the crisis at a large Chinese property developer, but they do say there could be economic impact.

Blue-lining is when banks or mortgage lenders draw lines of risk around certain neighborhoods and streets, often without clear disclosure.

Homebuilder sentiment improved for the first time in three months as lumber prices eased.