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    Climate Risk Hits Home

    Living In Harm's Way: Why Most Flood Risk Is Not Disclosed

    Oct 20, 2020
    About 15 million properties in the U.S. are prone to flooding, but patchwork and ineffective disclosure laws mean most people get little to no information about flood risk before they move.
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    Environment
    A new study has found that home sale prices and volume appear to be declining in Florida coastal areas at vulnerable to rising sea levels compared to coastal areas with less risk. Here, the balcony view from a luxury condo in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., in
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    Is The Risk Of Sea Level Rise Affecting Florida Home Prices? A New Study Says Yes

    Oct 15, 2020
    Research published this week finds that home sales volume and prices have declined in coastal census tracts vulnerable to sea level rise, relative to coastal areas less threatened by climate change.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Empty offices sit above empty retail stores on Broadway in downtown Manhattan. As commercial real estate continues to lie vacant around the U.S., it may contribute to a vicious economic cycle that reshapes our cities.
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    'Do I Really Need This Much Office Space?' Pandemic Emptied Buildings, But How Long?

    Sep 01, 2020
    As commercial real estate continues to lie vacant around the U.S., it may contribute to a vicious economic cycle that reshapes New York and other cities.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Caroline Wells and her family at their new home outside San Antonio. The builders just finished it so the yard has yet to be planted, but the couple is looking forward to letting the kids run out their energy with a lot more outdoor space than they had a
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    More Space, Please: Home Sales Booming Despite Pandemic, Recession

    Aug 28, 2020
    Despite high unemployment, a severe recession and economic uncertainty, the housing market is on a tear. Sales are booming and prices hit a record high. Low rates and remote work are driving factors.
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    Science
    Floodwaters surround a newly constructed house for sale in Maine in 2018. Realtor.com added flood risk information to the more than 100 million listings on its site.
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    Major Real Estate Website Now Shows Flood Risk. Should They All?

    Aug 26, 2020
    Millions of home listings on Realtor.com now include information about climate change-driven flood risk. Other real estate sites are holding off.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    People stand in the lobby of Amazon offices in New York in January 2019. At a time of mass work from home and many moving to spacious suburbs, Amazon is funding a large expansion of corporate real estate and jobs in New York and five other U.S. cities.
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    Amazon Plans More — Not Fewer — Offices In Big Cities

    Aug 18, 2020
    At a time of mass work from home and with many people moving to spacious suburbs, Amazon is funding a large expansion of corporate real estate and 3,500 jobs in six U.S. cities.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Until recently, Miriam Kanter and Steven Kanaplue were living in a one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side with their dog Booey. The pandemic clinched their decision to move to Montclair, N.J.
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    New Yorkers Look To Suburbs And Beyond. Other City Dwellers May Be Next

    Jul 08, 2020
    Now that so many are working from home, more people are considering moving out of the city. The pandemic has sent enough New Yorkers to the exits to shake up the area's housing market.
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    How Will Las Vegas Real Estate Survive COVID-19

    Mar 19, 2020

    Sports leagues have suspended their seasons. Casinos have closed their doors, and organizers have canceled conferences in Las Vegas.

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    Business
    Janet Jenkins used RedfinNow, an iBuyer service, to quickly sell her home near Los Angeles. The company repainted it, spruced it up and put it back on the market for sale.
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    Who Needs A Realtor? iBuyers Pay Instant Cash For Your House

    Feb 26, 2020
    Companies such as Opendoor, RedfinNow and Zillow will pay cash for your house and buy it quickly. New numbers show these types of sales are growing very quickly, but is it a good idea?
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    HGTV Celebrates A Quarter-Century Of Real Estate Inspiration, Escapism

    Dec 01, 2019
    The channel was launched 25 years ago today. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Ronda Kaysen, contributor to the New York Times, about why the network first caught on and is still going strong.
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    Environment And Energy Collaborative
    Hurricane Harvey's devastating flooding caught many homeowners by surprise, and prompted support for more disclosure about flood risk.
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    In Texas, Home Sellers Must Now Disclose More About The Risk Of Flooding

    Oct 27, 2019
    In many places there's no requirement to tell a home buyer if a house is at risk of flooding, even as climate change increases that risk. Some hope a new Texas law will be a national model.
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    Business
    Itzel Alarcon recently moved into a rental development near Denver. She says she's renting for now because she saw relatives hurt by the housing crash and is worried that home values might drop again.
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    Renters Only: These New Homes Aren't For Sale

    Oct 07, 2019
    Developers are building thousands of single-family homes that won't require a mortgage to move in. Even people who could afford to buy are choosing to rent — they aren't ready for the long-term debt.
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    World
    The Granville Street Bridge leads to downtown Vancouver, whose skyline of gleaming apartment towers hugging the waterfront is reminiscent of Hong Kong.
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    Vancouver Has Been Transformed By Chinese Immigrants

    Jun 05, 2019
    Chinese immigrants and investors have bought businesses and property, made philanthropic contributions and supported the arts. But some Vancouver residents feel priced out of the real estate market.
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    Newscast headlines

    Bonnie Springs Ranch Sells For $25 Million

    Apr 06, 2019
    LAS VEGAS (AP) — An "Old Nevada" replica mining town outside Las Vegas has been sold for $25 million.

    Bonnie Springs Ranch started off as a wagon train pit stop in 1834 and grew into a tourist attraction featuring mock Wild West gunfights. It welcomed visitors until last weekend.
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    Newscast headlines

    Developer Suing Reno For $50M Over Denied Housing Project

    Feb 23, 2019
    RENO, Nev. (AP) — The California-based developers of a proposed housing development in a natural flood plain in Reno have filed a lawsuit accusing the city of blocking the project for political reasons.

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    'Brady Bunch' House Winner Revealed: HGTV Outbid Lance Bass

    Aug 08, 2018
    The outside of the house was featured in the 1970s sitcom, but the interior scenes were filmed in a Los Angeles studio.
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    Newscast headlines

    Bidding Ends For Historic Gateway District Homes Near UNR

    Jun 09, 2018

    Seven bids have come in to the University of Nevada, Reno for the relocation of 12 homes in the Gateway District in town. 

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    World
    Dandong's new real estate developments like this one, "Left Bank of Uptown," have received a flood of buyers in the past month as home prices rise on the hopes that North Korea, just across the river from the border city, opens its economy.
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    Real Estate Jumps In Chinese City Bordering North Korea

    Jun 08, 2018
    Investors from across China have flooded to Dandong, the commercial gateway to the Korean Peninsula.
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    Newscast headlines

    Nevada Ranks Among States With Highest GDP

    May 08, 2018

    Federal data released this week show Nevada as one of the states with the highest gross domestic product.

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    The Two-Way
    170 E. Second St. in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan is among the buildings for which Jared Kushner's family real estate company reportedly filed false documents with New York City.
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    Kushner Cos. Profited By False Filings On NYC Real Estate, Report Says

    Mar 19, 2018
    The Associated Press, working with New York's Housing Rights Initiative, has uncovered dozens of cases in which false applications were filed for building permits in rent-controlled properties.
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    Business
    The new tax law will have the biggest impact on the market for luxury homes such as this one in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco.
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    Tax Changes Could Hurt Affordability At High End Of The Housing Market

    Jan 02, 2018
    Thanks to the tax overhaul, buying a home will get more expensive in some places in 2018. That's because of new restrictions on how much mortgage interest and property taxes homeowners may deduct.
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    National
    At this construction site in Miami Beach, crews are using a technique known as soil mixing to create a watertight basement and parking garage.
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    South Florida Real Estate Boom Not Dampened By Sea Level Rise

    Dec 05, 2017
    Coastal cities are flooding more as sea levels rise faster and faster. But none of that is slowing real estate development in low-lying areas such as Miami.
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    Here & Now Compass
    New buildings, a mix of residential and office space, stand on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, which has seen a surge of development in recent years. The long neglected area includes the Hudson Yards, the largest private real estate development in U.S.
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    Top Global Cities Face Increased Risk Of A Real Estate Bubble

    Oct 17, 2017
    Toronto leads this year's UBS Wealth Management list as the city with the biggest housing bubble risk. Real estate in several U.S. cities, including New York and Boston, is considered fair value.
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    The Two-Way
    Remains of the garage door sit in the driveway at the house where Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock lived in the Sun City community in Mesquite, Nev.
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    Details Emerge Of Las Vegas Shooter's Real Estate Gambles

    Oct 05, 2017
    Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock was involved in nearly a dozen deals over the past three decades, starting small with apartments, then working up to multi-million dollar properties.
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    The Two-Way

    Wealthy San Francisco Neighborhood Fails To Pay Taxes, Loses Private Street

    Aug 07, 2017
    After a series of $14 tax bills went unnoticed, San Francisco auctioned Presidio Terrace off to the highest bidder — a couple from San Jose. They're thinking of charging residents to park there.
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