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Florida theme parks creating more housing for employees

Housing Wire

But the parks — which employ an estimated 110,000 people collectively — are also facing headwinds due to their employees’ struggles to afford housing , and now both NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company — owners of the major parks — are aiming to address it, according to reporting from Bloomberg.

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The Fed pauses its rate hikes for now, will it last?

Housing Wire

next year and to reach 2% in 2026, he added. On the housing market, he noted that activity “picked up somewhat” although it remains well below the levels of a year ago, largely reflecting higher mortgage rates. Indeed, Sturtevant highlighted the resilience of the housing market in the face of rising interest rates.

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DataDigest: Water wars in the Southwest

Housing Wire

Concurrently, the Colorado River is also in the midst of one of the worst droughts seen in over 1,200 years, and Arizona, California and Nevada agreed last week to collectively conserve 3 million acre-feet of river water through 2026. in May, the biggest drop of any housing market in America. Arizona alone agreed to forgo 1.8

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Despite Falling Rates, King County Housing Market Flops to End Forgettable Year

Will Springer Realtor

This should have sparked the fading embers of an otherwise chilly housing market in Seattle/King County in the final days of 2023. In other words, the housing market was in deep hibernation and the conditions should only improve from here. Ho, ho, ho … and oh my! But by how much? rise and a 6.2% in King but down 2.1%

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PARKING AND THE IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Will Springer Realtor

With each stall in a commercial garage costing tens of thousands of dollars to build, parking requirements can impose significant costs on property developers, owners and renters. Rather than allocating parking that goes unused, developers could propose sharing available space in nearby buildings. APRIL HOUSING UPDATE.

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IS THE REAL ESTATE WINDOW CLOSING SHUT?

Will Springer Realtor

Here’s how topsy-turvy our housing market has been this past year-plus. Now you may think I am referring only to homeowners, as in did they miss the peak of the market to sell their home at top dollar. The market may go into a brief lull – as it does during this quarter and into early next year. Estimated opening is 2026.