Speculative investment activity, boosted by self-managed super funds, is also on the rise. The RBA observed last week: "the share of households favouring real estate [as their wisest place for savings] has risen to a level approaching the early 2000s …

"It was a madhouse," said Matt Fuller of Zephyr Real Estate. If that sounds reminiscent of late 2007, when buyers lined up outside One Rincon Hill until the wee hours, it is. Median condo prices in San Francisco are now above $830,000, about 8.2 …

The average price of a home rose 27 percent from 2009 to 2013, and the rental market has been swept clean, with just 1 percent of apartments empty in the city, according to a study by real estate company Immowelt AG. “The people moving into management …

The extended boom has produced a division among real estate researchers and analysts, between those who think too many apartments are being built and those who see a larger cultural shift toward renting in urban areas that will push builders to add …

The RBA observed this week: "the share of households favouring real estate [as their wisest place for savings] has risen to a level approaching the early 2000s property boom". Notwithstanding ultra-low borrowing costs, the proportion of people …

The employment situation has steadily improved since the end of the recession, and is currently at 6.7%, down from a peak of 10% in late 2009. The Federal Reserve is projecting that the unemployment rate will continue to fall, and expects just …

NASHIK: 2014's Gudi Padwa could signal better movement for the real estate sector in Nashik after a lull that has lasted for over a year-and-a-half. Considered an auspicious occasion for bookings, the past three months leading up to Monday's Gudi Padwa …

According to Jonathan J. Miller, president of Miller Samuel Inc., a real estate appraisal and consulting firm, a surge in residential development under way in Manhattan is driven mostly by demand for luxury condominium units, and land prices are at …

One sign of the improving economy has been a resurgence in corporate relocations in some parts of the country. Getting an employee from here to there isn't as easy as it might sound, however, for reasons originating in the real estate downturn that …