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Below are the latest real estate news headlines for buyers and sellers.Real Estate
Refinance boom pushes weekly mortgage applications higher
By now you would think just about everyone had refinanced their mortgage to today's historically low interest rates, but apparently not. Refinance volume drove total mortgage application activity 3.8% higher last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Read Article
REITs will continue to see good performance, JLL says
Regina Lim of JLL says she foresees more initial public offerings for Singapore and Indian REITs. She also says, in the last 12 months, Singapore REITs have made "very nice strategic acquisitions" that will allow them to deepen their exposure in new markets. Read Article
Will teens save America's Malls?
CNBC's Diana Olick on a CBRE report that says teenagers will return to malls in 2020. Read Article
Teens could be a saving grace for malls, new research says
Millennials may have fled the malls, but brick-and-mortar retail is apparently more appealing to Generation Z. Teenagers are becoming big spenders, and they like to do a lot of that spending in actual stores, according to new research from CBRE. Read Article
Future focus: Ingenuity sustaining our future
It is said that the best way to predict the future is to design it. Projections show that by 2050 society will require double the Earth’s available resources. It has never been more important for us to adopt smart, sustainable solutions to ensure that we can continue to enjoy a good quality of life – meeting the needs of the present while enhancing the ability of future generations to meet their own. Read Article
UK property funds flash warning signals as Brexit uncertainty bites
Investors are reconsidering whether to park cash in U.K. property funds amid uncertainty over Brexit and the future of the retail sector. Read Article
Australian regulators won't try to slow the housing market: Analyst
Louis Christopher of SQM Research says authorities are hoping the rise in Australia's real estate market will feed through to greater confidence in the economy, but he has "serious questions" about that view because the housing recovery is not creating more jobs. Read Article
Refinancing surges as homeowners pull out the most cash in 12 years
Cash-out refinances were up 24% since the last quarter of 2018 and made up 52% of all refinances. Read Article
Millennials will surpass 50 percent of all home mortgages in 2020
Ken Leon, CFRA analyst, and CNBC's Diana Olick join 'The Exchange' to discuss the rise in millennial homeowners and the struggle the housing market is facing in trying to meet the demand. Read Article
Homebuilders aren't keeping up with millennials
Millennials are expected to be the largest single cohort of homebuyers next year, but the nation's homebuilders are not keeping up. This is already exacerbating the shortage of homes for sale and for rent nationwide. Read Article
