According to national property broker Redfin, new listings of homes for sale fell 22.4% nationwide from a year earlier during the four weeks ending April 23, 2023, one of the biggest declines since the start of the pandemic. Homeowners are staying put because they want to hang onto their low mortgage rates–this week’s average 30-year…
According to HVS’ latest annual European Hotel Transaction Report, hotel transactions for 2022 totaled €13.3bn ($14.4bn USD), an 18% fall on the previous year as the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, rising energy and food costs and high interest rates hit investor confidence. Portfolio sales dropped 25% on the previous year, with total…
According to a new report from CBRE, lab vacancies increased across the top 13 U.S. life sciences markets in the first quarter of 2023, providing relief for companies that had found little available space in recent years. Average vacancy of 6.7% in the first quarter marked an increase of 170 basis points from a year…
According to the National Association of Realtors, pending home sales decreased in March 2023 for the first time since November 2022. Three U.S. regions posted monthly losses, while the South increased. All four regions saw year-over-year declines in home sales transactions. The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) – a forward-looking indicator of home sales based…
Based on ATTOM’s newly released first-quarter 2023 U.S. Home Sales Report, profit margins on median-priced single-family home and condo sales across the United States decreased to 44.2 percent as home prices stayed flat or kept declining around most of the nation. The drop-off in typical profit margins, from 48.7 percent in the fourth quarter of…