Real Estate
  • Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer dies, aged 104

    Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer dies, aged 104

    By Jeb Blount, Reuters

    RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Oscar Niemeyer, a towering patriarch of modern architecture who shaped the look of contemporary Brazil and whose inventive, curved designs left their mark on cities...

  • Apple shares tumble 4 percent in heavy trade

    Apple shares tumble 4 percent in heavy trade

    By Ryan Vlastelica and Poornima Gupta, Reuters

    NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of Apple Inc tumbled nearly 4 percent on Wednesday, rounding off a bleak ten weeks for the most valuable U.S. company, with analysts citing factors such as...

  • Rent or Buy a Home? Answer in Most Cities Is Clear

    Even as home prices edge higher, buying remains a better bargain than renting in most cities, according to an analysis by Zillow Real Estate Research.

  • Home prices post biggest jump in over six years: CoreLogic

    Home prices post biggest jump in over six years: CoreLogic

    By Reuters

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home prices posted their biggest annual jump in more than six years in October in a sign the housing sector continues to recover, data analysis firm CoreLogic said on Tuesday...

  • Baxter to buy Sweden's Gambro for $4 billion

    By Debra Sherman and Caroline Humer, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Baxter International Inc said on Tuesday it would buy privately held Swedish kidney dialysis product company Gambro AB for about $4 billion, a tie-up that would make it No. 2 in the...