Nicole Friedman

4 days ago | wsj.com | Nicole Friedman

A Swiss building-materials company’s spinoff of its North American operations will offer a new way to invest in the construction business while largely avoiding the Trump administration’s tariff threats to the industry. Amrize, the Chicago-based spinoff of Switzerland’s Holcim, is set to debut as a public company Monday. Analysts are expecting it to have a market capitalization of $30 billion or more, which would mark the biggest spinoff so far this year, according to Dealogic.

4 days ago | wsj.com | Nicole Friedman

The sluggish spring housing season likely persisted in May, with home sales forecast to decline for a third straight month. High prices and elevated mortgage rates, against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, have deterred buyers. Sales of previously owned homes likely fell 1.3% in May from April, economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal estimate. The data is seasonally adjusted. The report, from the National Association of Realtors, is due at 10 a.m. ET.

1 week ago | lopinion.fr | Nicole Friedman

The Wall Street Journal Les nouvelles annonces immobilières ne suffisent pas à sortir le marché de sa torpeur Publié le 19 juin 2025 à 13:42 Le nombre de biens immobiliers à vendre augmente enfin. Mais les acheteurs ne sont pas au rendez-vous. Amazon n'est pas un cas isolé.

1 week ago | wsj.com | Nicole Friedman

The inventory of homes for sale is finally rising. Buyers aren’t interested. The U.S. housing market had nearly a half million more sellers than buyers in April, the biggest such gap on record in seasonally adjusted data going back to 2013, according to an analysis by real-estate brokerage Redfin. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Rebecca Picciotto |Nicole Friedman

Alternative construction methods are winning new business by offering faster and less costly ways to rebuildAfter Jerry Camarillo’s childhood home in Altadena, Calif., burned down, he was determined to rebuild the one-story, midcentury ranch house exactly as it was before the Los Angeles wildfires. That all changed with one look at the home’s insurance policy, which would cover only a fraction of the $700,000 estimated cost to rebuild. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.