Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner is eager to relocate his agency to a new headquarters. “You know, HUD is known as the ugliest building in DC, which is not a mantra I like,” said Turner about the Brutalist-style property in a Monday interview...
Sotheby’s International Realty announced the launch of its 18th Asian office with the opening of its first location in the Philippines. The new Philippines Sotheby’s International Realty is headquartered in Makati, the nation’s financial and commercial hub...
Celebrity real estate agent Ryan Serhant is opening his first office outside of the East Coast. Serhant’s eponymous agency has begun operations in Phoenix with 50 agents and roughly 100 listings. In a statement, Serhant said the Arizona move “has been an organic...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Last Friday evening, the White House quietly released a news statement that President Trump signed an Executive Order that identified seven federal agencies and declared their “non-statutory components and functions … shall be eliminated to the...
Single-family housing starts in February were at a rate of 1.10 million, according to data from the US Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is an 11.4% jump from the revised January figure of 995,000. Privately-owned housing starts in...
The total monthly seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of housing starts for Canada was 229,030 units in February, a 4% decline from January’s 239,322 units. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation reports actual housing starts were down 17% year-over-year in...
