Property News
Charlestown's rising condo prices aren't likely to slow anytime soon
Boston - 18 Nov 2015 23:43
Realtor Jane Reitz found that Charlestown's average condo sales prices have increased by 50 percent since 2011.
Beacon Hill condo for sale in historic schoolhouse
Boston - 18 Nov 2015 23:39
65 Anderson Street played an important role in Boston's racial history.
Renters aren't saving to buy a house
CNBC - 18 Nov 2015 21:31
Many people assume that most renters want to buy a home eventually. That may be, but they're not saving to do that.
Portillo's CEO Keith Kinsey buys Burr Ridge house for $940,000
Chicago Tribune - 18 Nov 2015 17:26
Keith Kinsey, CEO of Portillo's, and his wife paid $940,000 on Oct. 15 for a four-bedroom Cape Cod-style house in Burr Ridge. On July 1, Kinsey signed on as the CEO of Oak Brook-based Portillo's after previously serving ...
Clayton F. Brown's Wheaton house listed for $1.75 million
Chicago Tribune - 18 Nov 2015 17:20US housing starts fall to 7-month low, permits rise
CNBC - 18 Nov 2015 15:30
Starts fell as single-family home construction in the South tumbled, but a surge in building permits suggested the market remained on solid ground.
Ed Volkman's former Gold Coast condo sells for $1.18 million
Chicago Tribune - 18 Nov 2015 15:28
A four-bedroom, 26th-floor condominium unit on Lake Shore Drive on the Gold Coast that longtime Chicago radio host Ed Volkman owned from 2004 until 2014 sold in September for $1.18 million. Volkman, 59, paid $1.51 millio...
Mortgage applications up 6.2% despite higher rates
CNBC - 18 Nov 2015 14:00
Home loan borrowers seem undeterred by the highest interest rates in five months.
NZ prices up year on year but down month on month, latest index shows
Property Wire - 18 Nov 2015 10:10
Residential property sales in New Zealand increase by 18.6% year on year in October but where down 4.1% compared to the previous month, according to the latest index figures. The national median price was $460,000, up $3...
House prices start seeing growth again in Scotland
Property Wire - 18 Nov 2015 09:39
House price growth in Scotland has quickened after a tempestuous year with prices up 1.4% year on year, more than double the 0.6% annual growth seen in the previous month. Month on month prices were up 0.5% taking the co...
UK tenants want to be able to decorate their properties, new poll finds
Property Wire - 18 Nov 2015 09:16
New research reveals that residential landlords in the UK could benefit from the findings that tenants are willing to pay more if they are allowed to decorate their homes. Indeed, the survey by insurance provider Endslei...
Latest data shows remortgage activity in the UK soared in 2015
Property Wire - 18 Nov 2015 09:01
Remortgaging activity in the UK has soared over the past year with the total number of valuations some 53% higher than in October 2014. The data from the latest research report from Connells Survey & Valuation says that ...
Australian Robot Lays 300 Bricks an Hour
Wall Street Journal - 18 Nov 2015 03:00
What do you do when a hot property-market has driven bricklayer salaries to nearly $100,000 a year in Australian cities like Sydney? Call in the robots.