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Senate Passes Landmark Bill to Ban Investor Home Buying Living & Furniture

Senate Passes Landmark Bill to Ban Investor Home Buying

The US Senate passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act 89–10 on March 12, barring large institutional investors from buying single-family homes and...

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US Spring 2026: Rates Tick Up, Affordability Hits 4-Year High Living & Furniture

US Spring 2026: Rates Tick Up, Affordability Hits 4-Year High

Mortgage rates edged up to 6.11% in mid-March 2026, yet housing affordability reached its best level since March 2022 as slowing price growth and risi...

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How Wall Street Buys Single-Family Homes—and Why It Matters Economy

How Wall Street Buys Single-Family Homes—and Why It Matters

Large investment firms and private equity funds have purchased hundreds of thousands of U.S. single-family homes since 2012, reshaping housing markets...

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Europe's Property Market Rebounds as Investors Return Living & Furniture

Europe's Property Market Rebounds as Investors Return

European real estate is entering a new investment cycle in spring 2026, with rental prices growing 3–5% annually, investor volumes rising, and living...

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NVIDIA GTC 2026: Vera Rubin Ushers In the Agentic AI Era Technology

NVIDIA GTC 2026: Vera Rubin Ushers In the Agentic AI Era

Jensen Huang takes the stage in San Jose on March 16 to unveil NVIDIA's Vera Rubin platform and a mystery chip, setting the course for physical AI, ag...

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How Plug-In Solar Panels Work—and Why Utilities Fight Back Technology

How Plug-In Solar Panels Work—and Why Utilities Fight Back

Plug-in solar panels let renters and homeowners generate their own electricity by connecting solar panels to a standard wall outlet — no installer, no...

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Europe's Rents to Rise 3–4% in 2026 as Construction Lags Living & Furniture

Europe's Rents to Rise 3–4% in 2026 as Construction Lags

CBRE's European Real Estate Market Outlook 2026 forecasts residential rents rising 3–4% across the continent, driven by acute housing shortages in Spa...

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What Is De-Dollarization and How It Works Economy

What Is De-Dollarization and How It Works

De-dollarization is the global push to reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar in trade and finance. Here's how the dollar rose to dominance—and why countr...

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Europe's Housing Crisis: Middle Class Priced Out Living & Furniture

Europe's Housing Crisis: Middle Class Priced Out

A chronic shortage of affordable homes is shutting middle-income households out of ownership markets across Europe's major cities, as underbuilding, s...

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US Housing 2026: Midwest Rises as West Coast Falls Living & Furniture

US Housing 2026: Midwest Rises as West Coast Falls

America's spring 2026 housing market is defined by sharp regional divergence: Midwest prices climb 3.5% while West Coast and Sunbelt markets soften un...

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Spring 2026: US Housing Affordability at 4-Year High Living & Furniture

Spring 2026: US Housing Affordability at 4-Year High

American homebuyers enter spring 2026 with their strongest purchasing power since early 2022, as mortgage rates briefly dipped below 6% and inventory...

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Iran War Drives Mortgages Above 6%, Stalling Housing Living & Furniture

Iran War Drives Mortgages Above 6%, Stalling Housing

Escalating conflict with Iran has pushed U.S. 30-year mortgage rates back above 6%, threatening the spring buying season, while global home price grow...

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