What would Amazon’s stock price be if US retail investors were banned from investing? Lower, doubtless. The thought experiment shows that Alibaba’s 2014 listing in New York was doubly impressive. The world’s largest-ever listing depended on foreign investors. This year, mainland China’s legions of retail investors should get the chance to invest. For Chinese tech […]
Preorders for God of War: Ragnarok went up just hours ago and already grifters have loaded eBay with inflated listings, doubling or even almost tripling the standard price of the collector’s editions. For context, you can preorder three different versions of God of War: Ragnarok, all coming with different extras and goodies. The launch edition […]
A “For Sale” sign is seen outside a home in New York. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters A historic housing shortage brought on by the one-two punch of slow construction and strong pandemic-induced demand is finally starting to ease. Active listings for homes jumped 19% in June, the fastest annual pace since Realtor.com began tracking the […]
Amazon’s customers in the United Arab Emirates won’t find listings for LGBTQ-related products on its website anymore. According to The New York Times, the Emirati government has demanded the removal of products associated with LGBTQ people and issues and has threatened to penalize Amazon if it doesn’t comply by Friday. In response, the e-commerce giant […]
A For Sale sign is displayed in front of a house in Washington, DC. Stefani Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Sharply higher mortgage rates have caused a sudden pullback in home sales, and now sellers are rushing to get in before the red-hot market cools off dramatically. The supply of homes for sale jumped […]
New York City may have more Airbnb listings than apartments for rent despite a 2016 law banning short-term rentals, Curbed has reported. April apartment rental inventory in Manhattan, Brooklyn and northwest Queens numbered 7,699 units, according to the Douglas Elliman report. That compares to somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 entire-apartment or entire-home Airbnb rental listings […]
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If you want to sell your home quickly (and for asking price), most stagers and real-estate agents will tell you to remove all traces of personality from the interiors—colorful walls, family photos, brightly patterned window treatments. But does that advice really hold true? Based on Realtor.com’s most-viewed property listings from last week, having floral kitchen […]
The price of the average Canadian home hit $816,720 in February, its highest level on record, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association. The group, which represents 100,000 realtors across the country, said Tuesday that it was the second-busiest February ever for home selling, just behind the all-time high hit last year. Some 58,209 homes […]
Mortgage rates fell to a four-week low, but the tight supply of homes for sale, as well as high prices, caused a drop in loan demand from homebuyers. Read more here US Top News and Analysis