Residential Building Construction

Taylor Swift got her start in the music industry at the tender age of 16, with the release of her eponymous country album in 2006. In the years since, the 12-time Grammy winner has transformed herself into a pop superstar and built her…

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams discussed the outlook for the labor market, inflation and interest rates during a live interview at The Wall Street Journal’s CFO Network Summit in New…

A venture of two New York developers has purchased a one-third empty office building in the city’s financial district with plans to convert it into apartments, one of the largest such conversion schemes to be launched during the…

Rapidly rising mortgage rates and record home prices are cooling the U.S. housing market, as April sales dropped for the third straight month and fell to their weakest pace in nearly two years.Existing-home sales slipped 2.4% in April from…

People who agreed to buy homes under construction but haven’t yet closed are facing mortgage-interest rates that could be nearly double what they anticipated when they paid their deposits.New-home buyers are confronting multiple obstacles…

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn.—Tom and Barb Hansen’s search for a retirement spot reads like the script to a road movie. California’s Lake Tahoe. Sedona and Scottsdale in Arizona. The Ozark Mountains of Missouri.…

More than a decade ago, Sun Hongbin was forced to sell his property business to a rival after a Chinese government crackdown on soaring housing prices caused it to run short on cash.The China-born businessman said he learned his lessons…

Some real-estate investors looking for the next big thing are turning to small businesses.A new breed of property firms is buying up buildings occupied by gas stations, doctors’ offices and corner grocery stores. They see an opening because…

The dream of homeownership has grown more out of reach for middle-class Americans during the pandemic.The surge in home prices and sharp decline in the number of homes for sale have made home buying more difficult for many Americans…

Allstate Corp.’s suburban campus outside Chicago, with its interconnected buildings, manicured grounds and acres of parking, represented a new vision for the U.S. office when it opened in 1967. That vision is…