The board of trustees at Pennsylvania State University has approved a plan to close seven of its campuses after the spring of the 2026-27 academic year while continuing to invest in the 13 remaining locations. The board voted 25 to 8 to close the DuBois, Fayette, Mont...
Closed sales of existing single-family homes in Florida totaled 23,572 in April, down 4.5% year-over-year, while existing condo-townhouse sales totaled 8,710, down 14.8% over the same period. According to data from Florida Realtors, new listings for existing...
Connecticut’s severe lack of housing supply has been a situation several decades in the making, according to a new report from the Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA). The report, titled “The Economic Impact of Connecticut’s Housing Shortage,”...
Closed sales of homes in New York State totaled 6,968 last month, a 6.2% decline from the 7,428 homes sold in April 2024. According to data from the New York State Association of Realtors, pending sales inched up to 9,565 sales in April from 9,471 recorded on year...
OpenAI is partnering with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) firm G42 to construct a 1-gigawatt artificial intelligence (AI) data center in Abu Dhabi. The new project, dubbed Stargate UAE, will be OpenAI’s first data center project outside of the United States. The first...
Mortgage rates were up in the new Primary Mortgage Market Survey published by Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC). The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.86% as of May 22, up from last week when it averaged 6.81%. A year ago at this time, it averaged 6.94%. The 15-year...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of April 27-May 1
