Thousands protest in Portugal over ‘huge’ housing crisis
Lisbon Reuters — Thousands of people took to the streets of Lisbon and other cities across Portugal on Saturday in protest against soaring rents and house prices at a time…
What the banking crisis means for mortgage rates
Washington CNN — Mortgage rates have taken would-be buyers on a ride this year — and it’s only March. Generally, home buyers can anticipate mortgage rates to move down through…
US home building surged in February
Washington, DC CNN — US home building jumped higher in February, turning around after five consecutive months of falling. Housing starts, a measure of new home construction, rose by 9.8%…
Hong Kong asks: what to do with 40,000 empty Covid quarantine units in a housing shortage?
Hong Kong CNN — Behind the gleaming skyscrapers and multimillion-dollar homes that have made this city the world’s most expensive property market lies a far less attractive parallel reality: one…
Germany plans to destroy this town for a coal mine. Thousands are gathering to stop it
CNN — It’s a stark image in 2023: Police in riot gear flooding a village, pulling people out of houses and tearing down structures to make way for the arrival…
‘We’re trapped’: Britons in homes with unsafe cladding see no way out as living costs soar
London CNN — In May 2017, Sophie Bichener did what many in their twenties are unable to do: buy a home. She paid around £230,000 (around $295,000 at the time)…