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3 FOUND DEAD IN FIRE AT HOUSTON-AREA APARTMENT COMPLEX
CROSBY, Texas AP -- Investigators say three people have been found dead in a fire that destroyed part of a Houston-rea apartment complex... READ MORE›
WOULD THIS LONDON HIGH-RISE PASS MUSTER IN NEW YORK SHORT ANSWER NO
Would the building's construction have passed safety regulations in New York City?... READ MORE›
GERMAN CITY EVACUATES 11-STORY BUILDING FEARING REPEAT OF GRENFELL BLAZE
German media reported that at least 70 other buildings would be tested in Wuppertal alone... READ MORE›
NUMBER OF BRITAIN APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT FAILED FIRE SAFETY TESTS NOW 60
Residents of 650 London apartment buildings were evacuated due to fire safety fears in the wake of the Grenfell Tower... READ MORE›
POLICE CALLED AFTER SHOTS REPORTEDLY FIRED INTO TRUCK IN MONCTON
MacPhee also said that at one point at least five RCMP officers had rifles drawn and were pointing them at the apartment building... READ MORE›
HOUSING CRISIS THREATENS A MILLION FAMILIES WITH EVICTION BY 2020
As the social rented sector contracts, private housing may have replaced it as the main tenure for people in housing need... READ MORE›
27 PUBLIC HOUSING APARTMENT BUILDINGS FAIL SAFETY CHECKS
Thousands of residents in a northwest London housing estate have been forced to leave their apartments after fire checks found the buildings to be unsafe... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS EVACUATED FROM LONDON TOWERS AMID FIRE SAFETY CONCERNS
Britain said Saturday that cladding samples from 27 highrise apartment blocks -- from cities including London, Manchester, Plymouth and Portsmouth -- have failed fire safety tests... READ MORE›
LONDON COUNCIL EVACUATES RESIDENTS OVER FIRE SAFETY CONCERNS
One London community is evacuating some 800 households from five publicly owned apartment towers because of safety concerns following the devastating fire... READ MORE›
GRENFELL TOWER FIRE STARTED IN FRIDGE FREEZER, SAY LONDON POLICE
Manslaughter charge is among the offences that will be considered in the Grenfell Tower investigation, the police said... READ MORE›
HIGHRISES EVACUATED IN LONDON AMID SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT CLADDING
Camden Council has decided to evacuate some 800 units in apartment buildings it owns because of safety concerns, following the devastating fire that killed 79 people in London... READ MORE›
MELBOURNE POLICE LAUNCH TERROR PROBE, INVESTIGATE IF ESCORT WAS USED TO LURE OFFICERS
Brighton siege Melbourne police launch terror probe, investigate if escort was used to lure officers... READ MORE›
PRESSURE ON MAY AS GRENFELL TOWER DEATH TOLL RISES
A photo round-up of some of last week's key events, including the Grenfell Tower blaze and protests in the Philippines... READ MORE›
58 PEOPLE MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD IN LONDON HIGHRISE FIRE
British police say 58 people are missing and presumed to have died in this week's blaze at a west London highrise apartment building... READ MORE›
RESIDENTS SEEK ANSWERS AFTER LONDON HIGH-RISE BLAZE KILLS AT LEAST 12
With smoke still rising from the charred remains of Grenfell Tower in west London, residents and community leaders demanded to know Wednesday how a ferocio... READ MORE›
'FRANTICALLY BANGING AND SCREAMING': WITNESSES SAY CHILDREN DROPPED FROM HIGHRISE IN LONDON FIRE
The blaze early Wednesday in the 24-storey building in west London's North Kensington district also injured dozens and left an unknown number missing... READ MORE›
HIGH-RISE AUDIT IN AUSTRALIA NEEDED AFTER LONDON BLAZE
An independent senator has used a deadly London fire to call for any cladding that doesn't meet Australian standards to be removed from high-rise buildings... READ MORE›
LONDON FIRE: WITNESS RECALLS SEEING MAN CATCH BABY
Smoke rises from an apartment building in west London... READ MORE›
MASSIVE FIRE RAVAGES LONDON APARTMENT COMPLEX
About 200 firefighters were respondingA to the blaze at an apartment complex in West London early Wednesday... READ MORE›
PROPERTY PRICES SURGING FASTEST IN WEST OF COUNTRY
The slowest growth in house prices was recorded in the Midlands where they were up 9.3 percent over the same period... READ MORE›
THE COST OF RENTING A LONDON HOME IS FALLING FAST
The cost of renting a home in the U.K... READ MORE›
CANADA'S 'US AND THEM CITIES': DATA SHOWS MOST HOMES ARE TOO SMALL - OR TOO BIG
In Toronto and the surrounding area, said Smetanin, for every bedroom that a household actually needs, there's almost six empty bedrooms ... READ MORE›
IN NEW YORK CITY, RENTING TRUMPS OWNING
Stephen Ceurvorst wouldn't necessarily question the mental competence of those who choose to buy an apartment in New York City... READ MORE›
'UNFAIR' FLOOD RELIEF PROGRAM LEAVING RENFREW COUNTY COTTAGERS HIGH AND DRY
'Unfair' flood relief program leaving Renfrew County cottagers high and dry... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PROTESTERS FIGHT LOW-RISE HOUSING TEARDOWN IN MOSCOW
A massive development plan has been proposed for the city, which will see entire neighbourhoods of low-rise blocks pulled down in order to build high-rise towers... READ MORE›
1816THOUSANDS MARCH IN MOSCOW AGAINST GOVERNMENT PLANS TO DEMOLISH APARTMENTS
Thousands of protesters have demonstrated in Moscow against a bill to tear down Soviet-era low-rise apartment buildings built in the 1950s and 60s... READ MORE›
JARED KUSHNER'S SISTER TO SKIP CHINA INVESTOR MEETINGS THIS WEEKEND AFTER VISA ROW
At a press briefing earlier this week, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Jared Kushner has no involvement in the One Journal Square project... READ MORE›
GLEBE BUSINESSES BLAME RISING RENT AS MORE CHAINS MOVE IN
Independent business owners in the Glebe worry rising rents could push them out and make way for more chain stores... READ MORE›
IF WE'RE OK WITH GOVERNMENT MEDDLING IN HOUSING, WHAT ELSE IS FAIR GAME?
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has unveiled a series of 16 steps she hopes will cool the red-hot housing market in Toronto... READ MORE›
'VITAL FOR TENANTS' OR 'TEXTBOOK' BAD POLICY
In 1994, New York City Council voted to implement vacancy decontrol which allowed vacant apartments that had been rented for 2,000 or more to be deregulated... READ MORE›
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'THE LAW DID NOT PROTECT ME'
But shortly after moving into Andrew's three-bedroom, two-car garage rental property in Kingston, Ont... READ MORE›
ONE DEAD AND 15 INJURED IN 'HUGE' BLAST IN BLOCK OF FLATS
At least one person has died and up to 15 others have been injured in a huge explosion in a block of flats in Barcelona, Spain... READ MORE›
IN BERLIN A GRASS-ROOTS FIGHT AGAINST GENTRIFICATION AS RENTS SOAR
Over the past decade, people have poured into Berlin, attracted by its relative affordability, cultural wealth and anything-goes spirit... READ MORE›
WORLD'S BIGGEST REAL ESTATE BINGE IS COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU
A frenetic gathering of brokers, developers and other real estate professionals all jockeying for the attention of Chinese buyers... READ MORE›
AMERICA NEEDS SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS. NOBODY BUILDS THEM
But the best reason is that smaller apartment buildings are often cheaper for renters... READ MORE›
RUSSELL BRAND CALLS CHANNEL 4 REPORTER 'A SNIDE' AFTER HOSTILE INTERVIEW
Russell Brand Calls Channel 4 Reporter 'A Snide' After Hostile Interview... READ MORE›
AMERICA'S HOUSING INVENTORY PROBLEM, EXPLAINED IN FOUR CHARTS
In comparison, after-tax household incomes, adjusted for inflation, were up just 2 percent year-over-year in January, the weakest gain since 2014... READ MORE›
ONLY A DECREPIT SOCIETY WOULD DEPRIVE YOUNG FAMILIES OF A HOME
Housing costs are what cripple the finances of families such as the Percys, while older homeowners pay no tax on unearned, property-boom profits... READ MORE›
FIRST-TIME BUYERS UNDER 40 TO GET 20% OFF UNDER TORY PLAN
Mixed communities Shadow housing minister Emma Reynolds said Mr Cameron had presided over the lowest level of house building in peacetime since the 1920s... READ MORE›
CRITICS NOTEBOOK STUTTGART STRUGGLES TO HOUSE THE MIGRANTS IT EMBRACES
That said, Daimler is not in the housing business, and Stuttgart, like Berlin, New York, London and Paris, faces a housing shortage... READ MORE›
NYC'S TRUMP PLACE APARTMENTS TO DROP NAME AMID TENANT OUTCRY
Photographer Jin Lee Bloomberg The Trump Place apartment complex on Manhattan's Upper West Side is about to drop the president-elect's name after an outcry by residents... READ MORE›
DOZEN STILL TRAPPED AND 11 DEAD AFTER 17-STOREY BUILDING COLLAPSES
Taiwan earthquake Dozen still trapped and 11 dead after 17-storey building collapses... READ MORE›
FRUSTRATED BY REAL ESTATE BIDDING WARS? IN AUSTRALIA THE BIDS ARE TRANSPARENT
Australians have access to a lot more real estate data than we do in most parts of Canada... READ MORE›
REAL ESTATE UP, DOWN OR FLAT? 5 FACTORS THAT COULD AFFECT HOME PRICES IN 2017
The government's Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and real estate analysts will be watching carefully to see whether construction and potential buyers stay in balance... READ MORE›
QUESTION TIME: VICTORIA COREN MITCHELL'S SOLUTION TO THE HOUSING CRISIS: "ALL THE WORKFORCE LEAVE LONDON."
There's plenty of room to build luxury houses, luxury apartments, the woman said... READ MORE›
HALLMARKS OF SOVIET POSTWAR BUILDING BOOM ARE FINALLY MEETING THEIR DEMISE
Tatyana Chaynikova, 68, stands in her apartment in a khrushchevka building in the Belyayevo district of Moscow... READ MORE›
NOVELIST DASHES INTO BURNING BUILDING TO SAVE HIS LAPTOP
New Orleans writer and actor Gideon Hodge said the laptop contained his life's work... READ MORE›
RENTERS OR RELATIVES IN THE BACKYARD? CITY UNVEILS COACH HOUSE RULES
Rockcliffe exempt The former Village of Rockcliffe Park is the one neighbourhood where coach houses would not be permitted... READ MORE›
WIDE GAP IN REGIONAL HOUSE PRICES
The average property price in England and Wales was 179,492 in January, the figures show... READ MORE›
NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOMES BUILT IN ENGLAND SLUMPS TO 24-YEAR LOW
In a report accompanying the release, the DCLG said the fall reflected the transition to new affordable housing programmes... READ MORE›
SAINT-DENIS SIEGE: WAS PARIS ATTACKS MASTERMIND ABDELHAMID ABAAOUD HIDING IN FRENCH CAPITAL ALL ALONG?
Interactive 1811 Paris police raid Christian, who lives on Rue de la Republique, told BFMTV he saw police on the roof shooting into an apartment opposite... READ MORE›
VIDEO: WOMAN GIVES INCREDIBLE INTERVIEW AFTER ESCAPING HOUSE FIRE
UPDATE ON MICHELLE DOBYNE Still out of apartment, still positive spirit... READ MORE›
WHEN FOREIGN BUYERS ABANDON CANADIAN HOUSING
As Siddall says, foreign speculative investment, sometimes called hot money, can definitely drive real estate prices up as it pushes its way into the market... READ MORE›
CENTRE-RIGHT THINKTANK BACKS CORBYNS RIGHT-TO-BUY PLAN
But there would also be measures to ensure landlords were not unfairly punished, including capital gains tax allowances at the point of sale... READ MORE›
NEW MORTGAGE RULE MIGHT 'TEMPER' HOT MARKETS, BUT NOT FOR LONG
Canadians who have built equity in their homes throughout the real estate boom of the last 15 years or so, though, would be on more stable ground... READ MORE›
200 FORCED FROM APARTMENTS AS MAJOR FIRE TEARS THROUGH GATINEAU COMPLEX
CBC Ottawa firefighters were called in to assist Gatineau's fire department... READ MORE›
THE BEST LOCAL NEWS INTERVIEW OF 2016
She needs to be in a comedy club or on Saturday Night Live, one Facebook commenter said... READ MORE›
COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BIG MONEY FOR LANDLORDS, TOO
The safest student housing, from an investors' perspective, is found near big-time college football schools, which enjoy broader brand recognition than other universities... READ MORE›
RESIDENT 77 GOES ON FATAL SHOOTING SPREE AT US SENIOR CITIZENS COMPLEX
Larry Rosenberg fled after the shootings on Wednesday armed with a handgun and rifle... READ MORE›
'CAREER CRIMINAL' USES AIRBNB LISTING ON CRAIGSLIST TO SCAM POTENTIAL RENTERS
Sarah Bidner gave a 1,000 rental deposit to a scammer who claimed he owned a condo but had just rented it on Airbnb for the night... READ MORE›