Canadian housing starts totaled 279,317 in April, a 17% upswing compared to the 239,747 units recorded in March. According to data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC), actual housing starts were down 1% year-over-year in centers with a population of...
A lawsuit has been filed to halt the land transfer by the Florida state government that will enable the construction of President Trump’s planned skyscraper presidential library. Politico reports two of the plaintiffs live near the planned high-rise building and...
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes improved slightly this month, with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) rising three points to a reading of 37. Any HMI number under 50 indicates...
Tamara King, a former Seattle real estate agent who operated a real estate investment fund was sentenced in US District Court in Seattle to 55 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and multiple counts of wire fraud, money laundering, and tax fraud....
The home remodeling firm West Shore Home has further expanded its New England presence with a second Massachusetts location in Andover. The new office comes three months after the Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania-headquartered company entered the Boston market. The move...
LGI Homes Inc. (NASDAQ: LGIH) announced the opening of Cypress Trails, a master-planned community in the Houston suburb of Hockley, Texas. According to the company, Cypress Trails will bring more than 500 new single-family homes to the area, ranging from two-bedroom...
