30-year mortgage rate rises to the highest level in 2 months

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Experts warned of a housing bubble. They were wrong.

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A housing bubble implies an impending pop that brings home prices crashing down — but there's no pop in sight. 

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Almost as soon as home prices began their unprecedented climb in 2020, doomsayers began warning of a looming crisis. The housing market, they claimed, was a bubble destined to burst.

A German bank says it's preparing for the worst property crisis since '08 as commercial real estate distress spreads

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Deutsche Pfandbriefbank warned that the commercial real estate sector faces a crisis on par with the 2008 downturn.

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The 2008 housing bust suggests China's only halfway through its property crisis. Here's how the downturns compare.

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China's housing market turmoil has similarities to the 2008 US collapse.

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China's economic turmoil won't stop its manufacturing dominance

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission CMC, extends Spring Festival greetings to the country's military veterans when attending a gala held by the CMC for retired military officers of Beijing-based troops in Beijing, capital of China, Jan.

Home prices are 65% higher in places with high-risk air quality as climate change warps the housing market

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Climate change risks are warping the housing market
Climate change risks are warping the housing market.

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Spring home buying season is near. Real estate pros say this year's rush could push prices up 5% after a weak 2023.

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Mortgage payments have reverted back near all-time highs as the Fed delays rate cuts

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Homebuyers are being priced out of the market by rising mortgage rates.

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China's deflation problem keeps getting worse

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China's economic woes are becoming more entrenched.

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18 million rental units are at risk as climate disasters get more common, Harvard study says

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Homes and buildings would get ripped apart by sheet force if Earth stopped rotating on its axis.

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