NYC office conversions face scrutiny after Pfizer HQ incident

Headlines: Market update: WTI crude up 6% to $74.70 European stocks slide lower; S&P 500 futures down 1% NZD leads, JPY lags on the day 10-year Treasury yields up 5 bps to 4.58% Gold down 1.4% to $4,050 Bitcoin down 2.5% to $62,108 Geopolitics is back on the menu as US president Trump’s visit to…

The new digital experience will give users access to home insurance education, planning tools and quote options earlier in the homebuying process.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority says its service is faster and safer than it was four years ago. The system will use its $10.3 billion capital program to keep that momentum. Bloomberg News When people think of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, “reliable” isn’t the first word that comes to mind.  Processing Content But reliable is…

For the past decade, scarcity was the U.S. housing industry’s most powerful marketing tool. The less there was to buy, the greater the urgency to keep bidding, even as prices hit record highs.

The muni market is confronting questions about prediction markets, like Kalshi, as innovation proceeds in tandem with litigation.Bloomberg News When Kalshi started taking bets on whether the unfunded liability of Illinois’ five pension systems will top $145 billion this year, it was the latest signal that the municipal bond market won’t be able to ignore…

Mortgage rates are starting the week a little lower as markets continue to digest the less-than-stellar June jobs report. The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage ticked down to 6.38% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is two basis points lower than Friday but 10 basis points higher than…