Australia’s opposition leader has pledged to ban foreign purchases of residential real estate for two years if he is elected as the nation’s next leader. Daily Mail reported Peter Dutton, the Liberal Party of Australia leader, announced his proposed ban on social...
KBS Builders Inc. has signed two contracts totaling $4.6 million to manufacture 40 modules for the construction of cottages and affordable housing units in Maine. One contract is a $3 million project to manufacture 32 modules for the construction of 15 one- and...
FrontView REIT Inc., a Dallas-headquartered real estate investment trust focused on outparcel properties that are net leased on a long-term basis, raised $250.8 million in its initial public offering (IPO) on Oct. 1. The IPO sold 13.2 million shares at $19 per share....
Mortgage application volume was down for the week ending Sept. 27, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 1.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis from...
The challenges facing the housing market were among the issues raised during Tuesday evening’s debate between the two major vice-presidential candidates, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN). Walz advocated for the “bold forward plan that Kamala Harris put...
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced the departure of Katherine “Katie” Johnson as chief legal officer and chief member experience officer. The daughter of two realtors, Johnson joined NAR in October 2007 as an associate counsel and was...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of June 22-26
