Single-family housing starts during October were at a rate of 970,000, according to data from the US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This represents a 6.9% decline from the September figure of 1.04 million. Privately-owned housing...
LandBridge Company LLC (NYSE: LB), a Houston-headquartered oil property acquirer and land management business, has purchased approximately 46,000 largely contiguous surface acres in Texas’ Southern Delaware Basin for $245 million in cash. The property, known as the...
The New York City-based investment firm Blackstone (NYSE:BK) has announced its acquisition of a majority ownership stake in Jersey Mike’s Subs, a franchisor of fast-casual submarine sandwich stores. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, although...
Canadian housing starts were on the rise in October, according to new data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The total monthly seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of housing starts 240,761 units in October, an 8% rise from September’s total...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, he called it “the single most important breakthrough” in federal housing policy since the 1920s. In concept, the legislation’s key focus – the creation of the...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of May 11-15
