real estate market news

US New-Home Sales Slide To Seven-Year Low

September 28, 2007 00:59

Sales of new US homes slid 8.3 percent in August to their lowest level in seven years, Commerce Department data showed today (September 27, 2007). The report showed new-home sales at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 795,000, worse than market expectations of a decline to a rate of 825,000. ...

Foxtons, Famous For 2% Real Estate Commissions, Goes Out Of Business

September 28, 2007 00:55

Newsday reports today that Foxtons, New York metropolitan area real estate powerhouse, said it may file for bankruptcy and close its business, explaining it “can’t stand in the way of a hurricane” that has come about as a result of the decline in the home mortgage industry. The...