Hong Kong Residential Sales Slowing in 2023 from Economic Uncertainty

Slowdown forcing Hong Kong developers to reduce prices or delay projects According to JLL’s latest Hong Kong Residential Market Monitor released this week, amongst Hong Kong projects completed in the first half of 2023, only 55% of units were sold as of the end of June 2023, lower than the average sell-through rate of 78%…

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Zombie Properties Increase in U.S. as Foreclosure Activity Grows in 2023

Based on ATTOM’s newly released third-quarter 2023 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, 1.3 million (1,277,612) residential properties in the United States are vacant. That figure represents 1.3 percent, or one in 79 homes, across the nation – the same as in the second quarter of this year. The report also reveals that 315,425 residential…

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Share of Investor-Owned U.S. Homes Remains High in 2023

According to national data provider CoreLogic, the sizable U.S. home investor share of ownership seen over the past two years held steady going into the summer of 2023. In March 2023, investors accounted for 27% of all single-family home purchases; by June, that number was almost unchanged at 26%. Corelogic reports that 2021 saw a…

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Greater Orlando Area Home Sales Down 14 Percent Annually in July

According to the Orlando Regional Realtor Association, overall residential sales fell 8.7% from June to July 2023. There were 2,852 sales in July, down from 3,124 sales in June. Sales in July 2023 were also 13.8% lower than July 2022, when there were 3,309 sales. ORRA also reports housing inventory for July was recorded at…

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