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Real estate
That empty feeling: Office vacancy rates hit a new high
Jan 9, 2024
Many companies have decided they want employees in the office only part of the time, but they don't want to pay rent on empty space.
Will 2024 be the year the housing market gets slightly less tough?
Dec 27, 2023
High mortgage costs, low supply of houses for purchase and high rents made for a pretty bleak year. But there's a glimmer of light on the horizon.
Could commercial real estate still tank regional banks?
by
Matt Levin
Dec 21, 2023
A new study says that 300 regional banks are at risk of collapse because of the high number of vacancies in office buildings.
The way real estate agents are paid could be changing. Here's how that could affect buyers and sellers.
by
Matt Levin
Dec 12, 2023
Agents typically split the 5% to 6% commission when a home is sold. Rates could go lower in the wake of class-action litigation.
Home prices in Detroit are on the upswing
Nov 29, 2023
They were up 6.7% in September from a year ago, according to an index out this week from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller — the highest of the 20 metro areas.
Why isn't there an Amazon for real estate?
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sarah Leeson
Nov 8, 2023
Despite the world going digital, homebuying is still a highly analog process. James Rodriquez of Insider discusses the quest for a superapp.
WeWork could declare bankruptcy anytime, but how is it still around?
Nov 1, 2023
The company has risen and fallen on its stylish co-working spaces, larger-than-life founder and ability to rake in — and spend — investors' cash.
For public good, not for profit.
Thanks to a Missouri jury, the way we buy and sell homes may change
by
Henry Epp
Nov 1, 2023
The jurors found that the National Association of Realtors and a couple of big brokerages conspired to inflate commissions.
Most millennials are homeowners now
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sofia Terenzio
Sep 28, 2023
Millennials have faced challenges to homeownership for years. Now, a slim majority of millennials own a home.
Franchises are big business, but they're adjusting to economic headwinds
by
Matt Levin
Sep 22, 2023
Franchisees get help with marketing and branding, but the corporate parent can’t do much about high interest rates and labor costs.