Commercial Boom Softens Housing Bust
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To understand why the housing slump hasn't dragged the economy into a recession, it helps to visit the Smoketown Plaza in Woodbridge, where the thumping of hammers signals the healthy pulse of a building boom that's still going strong.
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NEW YORK -- American shoppers took a breather last month as the worst housing recession in 16 years eroded demand for building materials, appliances, and furniture.
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New dwelling construction has boomed over the past two years. However, residential investment is likely to slow down, as indicated by Statistics New Zealand&#39;s latest data, confirming an easing of the trend in dwelling consents.
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Not everyone has suffered from the current housing slump. Exceptions include entrepreneurs with deep experience in real estate and those who have carved out a special niche.
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Sales of new U.S. homes fell in November to the lowest rate since 1995, but business activity perked up this month, according to reports on Friday that showed pockets of strength in the economy despite a housing sector meltdown.
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Here's the next shoe to drop as a result of the bursting of the credit bubble: commercial real estate.
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Pending home sales fall, but also prove opportunity for long-term investors.
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A pullback in commercial property lending has raised questions about whether a recent surge in real estate investment trust buyouts signaled a peak for private equity funds.
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Housing starts have been very high relative to the number of homes that builders are trying to sell.
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Business & money: Numbers of buyers unable to purchase first home slump to the lowest level since 1980
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Landlords are enjoying booming times these days as more people are choosing to rent.
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U.S. existing home sales posted  their largest gain in two years last month, a sign the housing  market may be climbing out of a slump, but orders for  big-ticket factory goods fell as businesses showed wariness  about the economy's health.
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It seemed almost a sure bet. In the past seven years, stock prices of publicly traded commercial real estate companies had soared more than 160 percent, far outpacing the broader market. Then, early this year, the shares stumbled, falling about 14 percent since early February. "This drop is a big...
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The swoon in housing hits these solid businesses hard -- temporarily.
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Apartment rents through most of the Western US are rising, a sign that landlords are regaining some of the leverage lost in a sluggish economy and a hot home-buying market
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Texas as a whole is booming, but across the stateâs outermost exurbs, formed by waves of new housing, building has ground almost to a halt.
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Nearly two years into the U.S. housing slump, corporate America is increasingly concerned the slowdown could spread into other areas of the economy.