After years of volatile swings in real estate activity during and after the pandemic, U.S. property investors appear to be returning to more measured behavior. According to new data released by Redfin, investors purchased 46,726 homes in the first quarter of 2025--a modest 2% increase from a year ago--signaling a stabilization of investor activity in the residential market.
According to new data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), pending home sales across the United States fell sharply in April 2025, dropping 6.3% from the previous month. The decline was felt across all four major U.S. regions, with the Western market experiencing the steepest losses.
營建業方面，雖受國道與水利等大型工程進度超前帶動，但因軌道 工程延宕及住宅建案尚未完工認列收入，故營造業對當月景氣以持平看 待。展望未來，儘管川普關稅政策可能影響高科技廠擴建意願，然台積 電持續在台投資，加上公共工程穩定推進，預料可望支撐營造業未來景 氣維持穩定；受銀行對房貸業務態度仍偏謹慎、信用管制與川普對等關 稅政策衝擊，購屋信心降至近年低點，房市買氣轉弱。未來在打炒房政 策無鬆綁跡象、房貸利率仍達2%以上及經濟不確定性加劇下，房市短期 內難以回溫，整體情勢仍須審慎看待。
信義全球資產公司統計實價登錄資料，去年台北市成交共469件屋齡超過25年以上透天老屋，較2022年的357件，足足增加112件，且連三年交易件數呈上升走勢，顯示屋齡逾25年以上的透天老屋備受買方高度關注。
European logistics demand has largely stabilised, as occupiers have put expansion plans on hold due to renewed uncertainty. The weighted average vacancy rate has exceeded 5% for the first time since 2014, despite a significant decline in development activity.
There are about 5.5 engaged home shoppers — people who have saved or shared a for-sale listing on Zillow — for every home on the market nationwide. The ratio is greater than 10-to-1 in four Northeast markets: Buffalo, Hartford, Providence and Boston. In each of these metro areas, the typical home sells within 10 days and more than half of homes are selling above list price, indicating a bidding war with multiple offers.
房屋頂樓增建廣告塔，除加重其房屋負荷量外，並無增加房屋使用價值，非屬於房屋稅課徵對象。
房屋稅係依使用情形適用不同的稅率按年課徵，飯店旅宿業者如受美國對等關稅政策影響，縮減營業規模或停業導致營業面積減少，可申請將部分樓層關樓停用，如經查證屬實，在停用期間准以「一層樓」為核准單位改按「非住家非營業用」稅率課徵房屋稅。
