Hong Kong Land Crunch Signals 2027 Housing Squeeze

Hong Kong's near-term residential pipeline is approaching a cyclical high, but a sharp pullback in public land releases is setting the stage for a notable supply gap later this decade, according to new analysis from Jones Lang LaSalle. Data compiled from Hong Kong's land disposal program -- including government land sales, Urban Renewal Authority projects, and MTR Corporation development tenders -- shows a...

Is housing inventory about to turn negative year over year?

Is housing inventory about to go negative? Since mid-June 2025 I’ve been writing that housing market dynamics have shifted, which we could already see in our HousingWire data while it might take other sources six to nine months to show that. This shift should create some negative year-over-year inventory in 2026 and if the Iran war didn’t happen, we might have already seen this happen. The first...

Texas builder breaks ground on first community with Japanese firm

Amid the growing presence of Japanese capital in American homebuilding, Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Properties Corp. (HHP), a leading Japanese developer, recently expanded its operations in the United States via a joint venture with Dallas-based Bridge Tower Homes. The two parties announced a joint venture in January, and earlier this month, they broke ground on the joint venture’s (JV) inaugural...

Unison faces more legal trouble over allegedly deceptive home equity agreements

A newly filed class-action lawsuit accuses home equity investment (HEI) company Unison of misleading homeowners and structuring its products in ways that leave customers with far less equity than expected. The complaint, filed April 6 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado by plaintiffs Katharine and Charles Kane, alleges that Unison and affiliated entities deceptively market their home...

FBI: Cybercrime losses topped $20.8B in 2025, real estate fraud hit $275M

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 1,008,597 complaints of cyber-enabled crime in 2025, with reported losses surpassing $20.8 billion — a 26% increase from the previous year. Real estate fraud alone accounted for 12,368 complaints and $275.1 million in losses, showing a continued and growing threat for housing professionals and their clients. Business email compromises — a...

As retirement slips further away, workers prioritize stability and senior home equity

America’s workers are clinging to their jobs at a decade-low quit rate of 2%, driven by fear rather than fulfillment, new data shows. The research from Economist Enterprise surveyed 2,063 full-time employed Americans ages 18 to 62 across industries, including energy, manufacturing, media, financial services and government. It found that 62% of workers now prioritize long-term job security over...

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