The 25 best countries to buy rental property and make money on the side
Buying a rental property is a good way to earn passive income and build wealth.Some American real estate investors prefer to keep their portfolio local, but you can also earn money as a landlord if buy...
View ArticleLuxury home prices are skyrocketing in some cities and dropping sharply in...
The Prime Global Cities Index rose 4.8% over the 12 months through March.Seoul ranked number one on the index, with luxury house prices soaring 25%.But in some cities, prices of high-end houses are...
View ArticleIvanka Trump and Jared Kushner are reportedly 'unhappy' with their...
Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, have lived in a $5.5 million Washington, DC home since early 2017.They reportedly rent it from Chilean billionaire Andrónico Luksic for $15,000 a...
View ArticleTake a tour of Chicago's most expensive neighborhood, which is home to a...
Chicago boasts some of America's best restaurants, theaters, and public art.The city's downtown financial district is known as The Loop, and includes one of the most expensive real estate markets in...
View ArticleBaby boomers could be to blame for the US housing shortage
Millennial demand for homes is rising. The number of baby boomers increased more than 30% in the last 30 years to more tha 75 million.85% of surveyed baby boomers said they don't plan to sell their...
View ArticleDubai is constructing a building that looks like a giant iPad and has so much...
Hong Kong architect James Law is developing The Pad tower that looks like an iPod and is full of technology that adapts to the environment.Law compares the architecture of the Dubai building to Iron...
View ArticleJared Kushner's family company is nearing a major real estate bailout with a...
Kushner Companies is closing in on a major deal with a company tied to the government of Qatar to save its financially imperiled Manhattan tower. If the bailout is finalized, it will likely raise...
View ArticleWhat a $500,000 home looks like in 25 major cities across America
The cost per square foot for homes can vary drastically from city to city.You can get a lot more space in Dallas or Chicago than in New York or the Bay Area.To compare home size across housing markets,...
View ArticleHow much it costs to rent in 28 Manhattan neighborhoods, ranked from the...
The cost of living in Manhattan is more than double the US average.The NYC cost of living is so high partly due to its exorbitant housing market — the average rent for a Manhattan apartment is...
View ArticleAmerican family homes are getting bigger than ever, but US homeowners don't...
House sizes in America have nearly doubled since the 1960s. Owning a large home with a wealth of amenities has become intrinsically linked with living the 'American dream.' These homes raise a number...
View ArticleJared Kushner's real estate startup is seeking a $100 million investment from...
Cadre, a real estate startup partly-owned by presidential senior adviser Jared Kushner, is seeking an investment of at least $100 million from a private fund backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab...
View ArticleMy husband and I bought our first rental property on a combined income of...
Paula Pant and her husband had a combined income of $63,000 when they bought their first property together in Atlanta. They used the rent paid by the occupants to cover the mortgage, and spent a year...
View ArticleToronto's real-estate market is cooling off quickly after years of growth
Toronto, one of last year's hottest real estate markets, is cooling down fast as shown by the April sales-to-new listings ratio. Greater Toronto and its suburbs saw the biggest decline with a ratio of...
View ArticleBarbara Corcoran thinks bitcoin could be the future of real estate — but...
Barbara Corcoran recently made the point that bitcoin is perfectly suited to the real estate market.According to Corcoran, the attraction of bitcoin is the privacy it permits the buyer and seller,...
View ArticleMortgage rates are about to rise — but the housing market is well positioned...
The housing market underperformed in April, with existing-home sales more than 6% below the market potential. Some fear that as interest rates rise under a more aggressive Federal Reserve, the housing...
View ArticleMini housing bubbles are forming in cities all over the US
Prices of US houses and condos surged 6.5% in March compared to a year ago.The index is now nearly 8% above the peak of the housing bubble in July 2006. The jump comes from mini housing bubbles that...
View ArticleWhat a $1 million home looks like in 25 major American cities
Million-dollar listings have become commonplace in the US real estate market.But when you compare the cost-per-square-foot for million-dollar listings across the country, you'll find very different...
View ArticleToronto home sales plunged 22% in May — and it shows the city's housing...
Toronto home sales plunged 22% in May compared to a year ago, to 7,834 homes.Housing costs in the city had been soaring, with the Home Price Index up 32% in 2017 from a year earlier.The irony is that...
View ArticleA Hong Kong couple bought a single parking space for $433,000 and flipped it...
A single parking space in Hong Kong that was bought for $430,000 less than a year ago was just resold for $760,000.A local couple initially bought the spot in the luxury Ultima complex in 2017 and...
View ArticleThe Netherlands is building the world's first 3D-printed homes that people...
A Dutch city will be home to the world's first habitable 3D-printed homes.Five concrete homes will be constructed in Eindhoven as part of a collaboration between Eindhoven University of Technology and...
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