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Tarpon Isle, a private island in Palm Beach, Florida. CNBC From Palm Beach to Miami Beach, luxury home prices in Florida’s richest enclaves are reaching new records as billionaires and millionaires continue to buy up property. The average sale price of a home in Palm Beach topped $20 million in the third quarter, making it

Standret | Istock | Getty Images Net worth surged for the typical family during the pandemic era, largely on the back on higher home and stock prices and government stimulus measures, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday in its triennial Survey of Consumer Finances. Net worth is a measure of household assets after accounting for liabilities.

Construction workers erect a building in downtown Miami, Florida, on June 14, 2023.  Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Architecture firms reported a sharp drop in business in September, indicating that the commercial real estate market could see even more pain in the next year. The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index dropped to 44.8 in

JB Reed | Bloomberg | Getty Images The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit 8% Wednesday morning, according to Mortgage News Daily. That is the highest level since mid-2000. The milestone came as bond yields soar to levels not seen since 2007. Mortgage rates follow loosely the yield on the 10-year

Signage is seen at The Collection at Morristown, a housing development by Lennar Corporation, in Morristown, New Jersey, November 13, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Mortgage rates last week rose for the sixth straight week, causing demand for home loans to drop to the lowest level since 1995. Total application volume fell 6.9% compared with

A contractor works on a new home under construction in Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Rebecca Noble | Bloomberg | Getty Images Builder confidence in the market for single-family homes dropped to the lowest level since January, as builders contend with a market dominated by high mortgage rates and costs for financing. The

In this article NWSA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Activist investment firm Starboard Value is pushing for change at News Corp. – in particular to see its real estate business separated from the rest of the company. Starboard CEO Jeffrey Smith told CNBC’s David Faber on Tuesday that the firm is building a position

In this article .HSI 2007-HK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Country Garden shares tumbled to fresh eight-month lows Monday, extending losses on renewed debt fears for the Chinese property sector. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images All of Country Garden‘s offshore debt could potentially be in default if the Chinese property developer

In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Google has opened its first west coast visitor Experience” center which is located by its Mountain View headquarters. Mark Wickens Google is opening a sliver of its main campus to the general public starting this week. The company opened its doors to what it’s calling

Prospective buyers visit an open house for sale in Alexandria, Virginia. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The housing market is dealing with a number of “tricky” dynamics, according to Tracy Kasper, the president of the National Association of Realtors. “What we’ve experienced over the last probably 12 to 18 months is what I really like to

According to the IMF’s October update of its World Economic Outlook, China’s economy will grow 5% in 2023, a decrease from an earlier forecast of 5.2%. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s old economic model of relying on investments in real estate has “run its course” and the government needs to consider

A house for sale in Arlington, Virginia, in July of 2023. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage rose to the highest level since 2000 last week, but rates on adjustable-rate mortgages fell. That caused a run on these so-called ARMs, pushing total mortgage application volume very

New homes under construction in Miami, Florida, Sept. 22, 2023. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Top real estate and banking officials are calling on the Federal Reserve to stop raising interest rates as the industry suffers through surging housing costs and a “historic shortage” of available homes for sale. In a letter Monday addressed to