Real Estate
  • Buying a Home? Better Get to it Before Wall Street Does

    By Michael A. Fletcher, The Washington Post

    Real estate executives say institutional investors have accounted for a majority of home purchases across the country, especially in areas where housing prices are rebounding sharply.

  • New home sales rise, housing recovery still on track

    New home sales rise, housing recovery still on track

    By Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new single-family homes rose in March, indicating the housing market recovery remains on track. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday sales increased 1.5 percent to...

  • Factory data a new sign of slowing U.S. economic growth

    Factory data a new sign of slowing U.S. economic growth

    By Lucia Mutikani, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Factory activity expanded at its slowest pace in six months in April, the latest sign that economic growth continued to lose momentum early in the second quarter, though the...

  • Existing home sales edge down, prices rise

    Existing home sales edge down, prices rise

    By Margaret Chadbourn, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home resales edged downward in March, pointing to some slowdown in the housing market recovery pace as overall economic activity cools. The National Association of Realtors...

  • Super-rich close gap between bonds and Bond Street

    Super-rich close gap between bonds and Bond Street

    By Tom Bill, Reuters

    LONDON (Reuters) - Insatiable demand among the global super-rich for swanky retail property in Europe has driven rental returns on the best shopping streets so low they are not much higher than the...