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Economy40M Americans Could Be Evicted Due To Pandemic
With the pandemic still ongoing, as many as 40 million Americans may end up losing their homes, according to CNBC. That number...
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Real EstateBuilders Counting On Toronto Housing Recovery
Toronto’s population may be flat, but that hasn’t stopped the region’s developers from building apartments in the country’s financial capital at near...
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TaxesSeattle OKs Head Tax Aimed At Big Business
Seattle’s City Council passed a new tax for big businesses operating in the city, including Amazon, according to CNBC. The tax, called...
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LoansData Shows Less US Home Mortgages In Forbearance First Since March
The latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has seen a decrease in the number of loans...
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Real EstateRedfin On The US Housing Market’s Great Snapback (For Now)
For housing, the great snapback? As stock markets whipsaw (the Dow was off more 6 percent on Thursday), as the Federal Reserve...
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EconomyHome Sales Up 0.6 Pct In April Despite Lockdown
Sales of new single-family homes were up 0.6 percent in April compared to March, but they fell by 6 percent compared to...
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EconomyFewer Renters Pay On Time Amid The Coronavirus
Amid decreasing consumer confidence and increasing job losses, the economic impacts of the coronavirus continue to build. While 91.5 percent of renters...
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Real EstateUS New Home Sales Plummet As COVID-19 Hits Housing Market
As COVID-19 started to impact the housing markets during a wind-down in mid-March, new home sales in the United States plummeted 15.4...
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B2B PaymentsReloQuest Expands On-Demand Business Travel Housing Tool
Temporary housing solution ReloQuest’s new RQ PRO automated platform aims to boost the company’s ability to offer temporary business housing with a...
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CoronavirusAirbnb Is Waiving Fees For Coronavirus Healthcare Workers
Airbnb said that it’s going to provide free or subsidized housing for coronavirus responders, according to a blog post by the company....
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LegalNYC Sues Airbnb Listing Co In Bid To Stop Short-Term Rentals
New York City has sued Guesty, a startup that provides services for listing on Airbnb and other home-sharing sites, in an escalation...
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Real EstateGermany’s Home Startup Lands $12M To Expand Housing Rental App
Berlin-based Home, a tenant and landlord mutual engagement company, has raised €11million in a Series A round of funding from Capnamic, EQT...
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EconomyHome Improvement Spending Rises 1.5 Pct In Q4
The home repair and remodeling market has been declining in the last year, but some recent indicators in the economy show that...
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RegulationEuropean Court To Rule On Airbnb Classification This Week
The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will decide whether to classify Airbnb as an online booking service or...
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InvestmentsZeus Living Raises $55M To Grow Corporate Housing Service
Short-term corporate housing company Zeus has raised $55 million in a series B funding round, according to a blog post by the...
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EcosystemsAlexa’s Future As a Built-In Roommate
After a certain age, most consumers are no longer really in the market for a roommate — unless of course they happen...
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FacebookFacebook Hit With Lawsuit By HUD Over Discrimination In Ads
Facebook has been hit with a lawsuit by the Department of Housing and Urban Development over running real estate ads that discriminated against...
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Sizzle/FizzleMight Millennials’ Dissatisfaction Hint At Housing Downturn To Come?
You know the drill: Buyer’s remorse. Getting what you wanted and then wondering if the thrill of the chase and the capture...
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Real EstateHomebuilder Downgrade A Tough Housing Market Harbinger?
Caution, warns a sell side analyst regarding homebuilder stocks, and the sector swoons. As seen on Friday (Sept. 21), homebuilder equities took...
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RetailHome Depot Shares Drop Due To Worry Over Competition From Amazon
Home Depot shares dropped more than 3 percent despite a stellar earnings report posting its highest quarterly sales in company history. CNBC reported...
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Tech CenterTech Center: Milwaukee Moves Up Tech Food Chain
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, known for its breweries and scenic views, has long been heralded as the place to go to relax and have...
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RetailZillow: Getting Millennials Into The Real Estate Game
Millennials are never, ever going to buy homes. If there is one thing the conventional wisdom is sure about – it is...
