Amid the stalemate in Washington, credit unions have some of the more generous offers for government employees. Read Article
China is experiencing a slowdown overall, but demand for logistics real estate remains strong and vacancies are low or close to zero, says Andrew Haskins of Colliers. Read Article
The presidency of Donald Trump has indirectly helped the real estate market in South Florida, says the Miami property magnate. Read Article
Microsoft President and chief legal officer Brad Smith joins CNBC's "Closing Bell" to discuss Microsoft pledge of $500 million to tackle Seattle's housing crisis. The pledge is the largest in the company’s 44-year history, and, according to the company, is one of the heftiest contributions by a private corporation to housing. The initiative comes as Microsoft and other tech giants that have driven the region’s economic boom face increasing pressure to help mitigate affordable-housing shortages. Read Article
CNBC's Robert Frank interviews Gil Dezer, the president of Dezer Development, about the state of the luxury real estate industry. Read Article
Gareth Aird of the Commonwealth Bank says weakness in house prices in Australia is expected to continue, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne, but should bottom out "sometime" in 2019. Read Article
Dick Bove of Rafferty Capital Markets says the financing side of the real estate industry in the U.S. could cause "serious" problems." Read Article
Home ownership among those in the 24-to-32 group plunged from 45 percent to 36 percent for the period in the Fed survey. Read Article
The slowdown in home sales and home price gains in most major U.S. markets is causing the opposite effect in the rental market, especially for single-family rental homes. Those rent prices increased 2.9 percent annually in November 2018. Read Article
Builder sentiment rose 2 points to 58 in January according to the National Association of Home Builders. This came after two months of sharp drops in sentiment to the lowest level in more than two years. The index stood at 72 a year ago. Read Article