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Mortgage rates may remain stuck in a narrow range around current levels and will not decline sharply any time soon. Before the Fed cut interest rates, mortgage interest rates had dropped dramatically near what some considered the “magic…

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Supply is the heart of the housing problem—we’re missing millions of homes. Mortgage rates are also important, but not nearly enough. Nick Villa, an economist at Moody’s, has said that lowering interest rates won’t solve the housing crisis.…

Evacuating IDF bases, moving the Volcani Institute – the Agricultural Research Organization from its campus in Beit Dagan, and reducing the size of the Mikveh Israel Agricultural School are at the top of the government’s…

The least significant element in the CBS housing price figures is the annual rise between July-August 2023 and July-August 2024, the most recent period for which data is available. In that year, housing prices rose by…

The UK rental market is facing a severe crisis, with an average of 21 potential tenants competing for every available property, while the number of homes available to rent continues to shrink. According to Zoopla, a leading…

Some 28,000 Jews have immigrated to Israel since the start of the war, according to figures from the Ministry of Aliya and Integration. Estimates are that a few more thousand will arrive by the end of 2024, meaning there…

According to the latest housing market survey by the Treasury’s chief economist, 8,909 homes were sold in July 2024, up 29% from July 2023, mainly due to special discount offers offered by builders. The survey shows that…

Labour’s plan to require developers to build affordable housing on at least 50% of “grey belt” land could make 80% of small development sites unviable, according to research by technology firm Viability. The study suggests that…

(Bloomberg) -- Stocks lost ground at the end of a strong week after a disappointing reading on the housing market, as traders awaited data on U.S. consumer sentiment.Most Read from BloombergStocks fell in early trading in New York, with the…