Real Estate News
Below are the latest real estate news headlines for buyers and sellers.Real Estate
Harvard: Remodeling market may stall in 2020
CNBC's "Power Lunch" team talks about why home improvement has stalled with Abbe Will, associate project manager at Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies. Read Article
Homeowners adding extra homes on their property, here's how it works
Homeowners are looking for new streams of revenue in their own backyard. CNBC's Diana Olick reports on the auxiliary dwelling units (ADU) trend. Read Article
Backyard bungalows are becoming big business for homeowners and builders
They're not just she-sheds or he-sheds or granny pods or tiny homes. The latest housing trend in the backyard is now front and center for a new breed of homebuilder and landlord. Read Article
Brokerage Compass starts offering an easier, less expensive way to get a bridge loan
One of the fastest-growing real estate brokerages in the U.S. is announcing a new service designed to make it easier for current homeowners to buy another home. Read Article
Real estate mogul Barry Sternlicht: WeWork went 'off the rails' but it's still a 'real company'
"It was built for hyper growth and that is too capital intensive," says the Starwood Capital founder. Read Article
What Hong Kong's leader delivered was 'out of the ordinary'
Bernard Chan of the Executive Council of Hong Kong says the new housing measures announced by Chief Executive Carrie Lam may be a "silver lining" to the "crisis" that the city is in. Read Article
Hong Kong leader's policy address was 'quite positive': UBS
Wendy Liu of UBS Investment Bank says Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam's approach at the policy speech begins to address some long-term social issues in the city. Read Article
Discussing a possible 'ripple effect' from WeWork
Anjali Bastianpillai of Pictet Asset Management says WeWork's withdrawn IPO highlights the fact that investors need to find "truly disruptive" companies. Read Article
Ahead of weekend protests in Hong Kong, politician says violence must stop
Earlier this week, a package of housing initiatives was introduced and Chan says those measures are the first step to returning the city to "normalcy." Read Article
Airbnb's cash numbers could show that it's not another WeWork in the making
Following a report on Thursday showing that Airbnb's losses doubled from a year earlier, a source familiar told CNBC that it has $3 billion on its balance sheet. Read Article