The political pressure that sunk Amazon's New York City deal was borne out of a lack of understanding of the benefits, says billionaire William Rudin.
Real estate agents and analysts have long been blaming weak sales on too few listings and rising rates.
The U.S. housing market has been stymied by a sharp rise in mortgage rates since 2016 as well as land and labor shortages.
SoftBank's Vision Fund led a $200 million investment in Clutter at a $600 million valuation.
It is said that the best way to predict the future is to design it. Projections show that by 2050 society will require double the Earth’s available resources.
Applications to purchase a home increased 2 percent for the week — the first uptick in four weeks — a sign of optimism in the housing market.
Mark Steinert, CEO of Stockland, says the biggest challenge in the Australian housing market is the contraction in credit.
Uncertainty in the political sector is unlikely to affect the Australian consumer, says Peter Allen, CEO of Scentre. He also explains why he says declining house prices may not impact retail sales in the country.
Payless ShoeSource filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, a day after it began winding down its 2,500 U.S. stores.
The nation's homebuilders are feeling better about the state of their industry as lower interest rates boost consumer confidence.
Jian Chang of Barclays says infrastructure investment in China is likely to pick up and will help to offset a slowing housing market.
CNBC's "Power Lunch" team talks with Robert Frank, CNBC's wealth reporter, and Eric Benaim, CEO of Long Island City brokerage Modern Spaces, about how Amazon's decision to pull out of Queens will impact real estate.
"Amazon coming, I think, was a great thing," says Ryan Serhant. "All they wanted to do was bring jobs."
Ryan Serhant, real estate agent and managing director at NestSeekers International, started his career in Long Island City. He is well known as one of the real estate agents on Bravo's "Million Dollar Listings New York." Watch what he has to say about the Amazon HQ2 situation and how his clients are being affected.
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs reportedly proposed receiving a cut of property taxes, development fees and increased land value for its work in Toronto.
Keith Wu, CEO of Sunlight REIT, says interest rates continue to be a risk factor to business, but is now "more contained."
"I wish Amazon had stuck it out a little bit longer, because in the long term I believe that this would have been a good deal for both," said Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y.
Amazon has canceled plans for its Long Island City headquarters. CNBC's Diana Olick reports on the before and after impact on the real estate market.
Ronald Wan of Partners Financial Holdings says the sentiment in Chinese markets has become more optimistic than before because investors can see that the authorities are tackling problems in the economy from "360 degree(s)."
There are short-term ups and downs in the technology sector, but 5G networks and artificial intelligence are "unstoppable trends," and investors should position themselves based on these "longer-term certainties," says Ken Peng of Citi Private Bank.
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Diana Olick serves as CNBC's real estate correspondent as well as the editor of the Realty Check section on CNBC.com.
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