Big-Ticket Goods Orders, Pending Home Sales Point to Steady Demand
Orders for long-lasting goods and the number of houses going under contract in the U.S. both rose last month, signs...
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What It Takes to Buy Your First Home Now
Dylan Holland and Breanna Cameron started shopping for their first home in the Atlanta suburbs in December 2021, with a...
Prologis to Buy Duke Realty in $26 Billion Deal, Including Debt
Prologis will gain properties for its portfolio in key areas with the transaction, including Southern California, New Jersey, South Florida,...
They Came, They Hiked, They Stayed: Retirees Lift Fortunes in Rural America
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn.—Tom and Barb Hansen’s search for a retirement spot reads like the script to a road movie. California’s...
WSJ News Exclusive | Blackstone Bets on Campus Housing With $13 Billion Acquisition
Blackstone Inc. agreed to buy student-housing owner American Campus Communities Inc. in a deal valuing the company at about $12.8...
Biden Administration Restores Stricter Environmental Reviews
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is restoring stricter environmental standards for approving new pipelines, highways, power plants and other construction projects, including...
Homeowner Groups Seek to Stop Investors From Buying Houses to Rent
Small groups of neighborhood volunteers are blocking companies from buying single-family homes, rewriting homeownership rulebooks to thwart investor purchases of...
WSJ News Exclusive | Healthcare Realty Trust Nears Deal With Healthcare Trust of America
Healthcare Trust of America Inc., which owns and operates medical-office buildings around the country, is in advanced talks to combine...
Russia-Ukraine Crisis Has Western Companies Bracing for Sanctions Hit
Western companies with operations in Russia and Ukraine are girding for the potential impact of fresh sanctions after Russian President...
Home Depot Expects Sales Growth to Slow in 2022
Sales growth will likely slow this year for Home Depot Inc., the home-improvement retailer said Tuesday, an indication that the...
China’s Slowdown to Limit Global Growth but Not Undermine World Economy
HONG KONG—A prolonged slowdown in China’s economic growth could hurt some multinational companies and commodity producers for years to come,...
To Bargain With Their Landlords, Renters Form Tenant Unions
Tenant unions, also known as associations, have been around for more than a century. They have been especially active in...
Covid Is Making Many Offices Obsolete. Here’s What Happens to Them Next.
Allstate Corp.’s suburban campus outside Chicago, with its interconnected buildings, manicured grounds and acres of parking, represented a new vision...
After Covid Closures, a New Quest to Make Offices Less Awful
The office is back open. The new challenge is convincing more people to use it.Companies that reopened spaces on a...
China Moves to Boost Slowing Economy
HONG KONG—China’s central bank said it would reduce the amount of money banks are required to set aside as it...
Inflation Pressure Hits New Warehouse Leases
Rental rates to replace expiring multiyear warehouse leases are rising at a sharp pace, according to a new report, as...
Chinese Property Developer Kaisa Proposes $400 Million Debt Swap
Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd., which in 2015 became one of the first Chinese developers to default abroad, warned it risked...
China Evergrande Scrapes Together More Cash From Tech Company Stake Sale
SINGAPORE— China Evergrande Group raised around $145 million in recent days by selling a chunk of its shares in a...
Consumers Trade Rib-eye for Ground Beef as Grocery Prices Rise
Americans are cutting back on steak as rising grocery prices squeeze spending. Supermarkets say shoppers are buying more store-brand meat...
Farewell Offshoring, Outsourcing. Pandemic Rewrites CEO Playbook.
Uncertainty in the global supply chain is driving executives to seek operations away from cheaper countries to locales affording greater...
