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By Don Baker | October 22, 2026
Blackstone’s Opportunistic Real Estate Funds Lose 3.2% in Q3 as Segment Earnings Fall 10%
Blackstone's BREP-led opportunistic funds marked down 3.2% in the third quarter while Core+ funds including BREIT gained 1.6%, and real estate AUM shrank 4% to $309 billion.
By Don Baker | October 22, 2026
LATEST NEWS
Blackstone’s Opportunistic Real Estate Funds Lose 3.2% in Q3 as Segment Earnings Fall 10%
Six MLSs, Including Arizona’s ARMLS and Denver’s REcolorado, Sue Compass to Defend Listing Rules
Trump Order Tells FHFA to Cancel Mortgage Insurance Based on Current Home Values
Home Insurance Premiums Rose 54% in Five Years, Fastest of Homeowners’ Hidden Costs, Zillow Finds
CBRE’s U.S. Property Sales Revenue Jumps 37% as Office Leasing Slips 2%
RealtyWire Top 5
Featured Top 5 home sales from markets across the U.S.
Los Angeles-Orange County, California Top 5 Home Sales: Laguna Beach Oceanfront Estate Leads at $82.6 Million
New York, New York Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: $34.3 Million Midtown Condominium Leads the Week
Miami-Dade-Broward-Palm Beach, Florida Top 5 Home Sales: Miami Beach Waterfront Home Leads at $23.5 Million
San Francisco, California Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Pacific Heights Leads at $19.4 Million, With Presidio Heights and Atherton Close Behind
Fairfield County, Connecticut Top 5 Home Sales: Greenwich Takes Three of the Top Five, Led by an $18 Million Sale
Housing Market
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Treasury Proposes Rules for the 350-Home Investor Ban, Setting an 18-Month Build-to-Rent Window
FEMA Now Lets Buyers Purchase National Flood Insurance Policies Online
Mortgage
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First Horizon Takes a $473 Million Loss to Sell $4.5 Billion of Lower-Yielding Mortgages
Better Adds Former X CEO Linda Yaccarino to Its Board as Nasdaq Flags an Independence Gap
Agents & Brokerages
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Booker and Warren Ask the FTC to Investigate Portal Referral Fees, Lender Steering and Private Listings
Cushman & Wakefield Hires CBRE's Doug Middleton to Lead Its New York Institutional Capital Markets Team
Commercial Real Estate
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Construction Starts Dip 1.5% in September as Commercial Falls 18% and Single-Family Drops 7%
Vornado and Ken Griffin Close $3.3 Billion Loan for 350 Park Avenue as Construction Gets Underway
Technology & AI
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Zillow Brings Its Listings and Affordability Tools Into Anthropic's Claude
CarbonAI Raises $12 Million From Cowboy Ventures to Put AI Agents on Commercial Real Estate Loans
Markets to Watch
View all markets βHartfordConnecticut
Tight & affordableLow inventory and steady demand keep sellers firmly in control.
View Market βSan JoseCalifornia
Top-of-market bellwetherHigh prices and tech-driven demand set the pace for the luxury tier.
View Market βMiami BeachFlorida
Luxury resilienceCash and second-home buyers keep this coastal market strong despite high rates.
View Market βMost Read
- Pending Home Sales Fall 7.3% to a Record Low as Single-Family Starts Slide
- Trump Order Tells FHFA to Cancel Mortgage Insurance Based on Current Home Values
- Treasury Proposes Rules for the 350-Home Investor Ban, Setting an 18-Month Build-to-Rent Window
- CBRE Agrees to Buy London Data Center Infrastructure Firm Onnec in Deal Worth Up to $1 Billion
- UDR Brings In Apollo as Two-Thirds Partner on $2 Billion of Apartments and Raises Guidance
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