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California, Texas and Florida account for more than a fifth of U.S. remodeling spending, NAHB’s latest state-level data shows, even as national remodeling activity declined for a third straight quarter.
U.S. office net absorption reached a positive 16.9 million square feet in the second quarter, extending occupancy gains to seven consecutive quarters, according to Colliers. Cumulative positive absorption over the prior two years totaled 44.0 million square feet. Comparing those two figures reveals something the headline does not. Key facts The recovery is accelerating, not … Read more
Buyers tour every inch of a home — including the laundry room, the closets, and the garage — so every space needs a plan. Here is my room-by-room staging guide, starting where buyers start: the curb. Curb appeal and the front entrance The exterior sets expectations for everything inside. Trim the hedges, refresh the mulch, … Read more
The typical U.S. home seller realized a 44.1% return in the first quarter of 2026, down from 47.2% in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 50.2% a year earlier, according to ATTOM. The national median sale price held at $360,000, unchanged from the prior quarter. Sellers are still making substantial money. They are simply making … Read more
A Bel Air estate at 11005 Bellagio Place has listed for $88 million, according to The Real Deal. The property spans more than 18,000 square feet on 1.7 acres. Luxford Group purchased the vacant site for $14.5 million in 2015 and completed the house in 2023. The home previously hosted a Louis Vuitton exhibit, per … Read more
First-half home sales in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos area rose 4.8% to 15,698 while the median price fell 2.4% to $425,000, according to Unlock MLS. June pending sales climbed 13.2%, and active listings within the city of Austin fell 22.1% to 4,665. Sales up, prices down, inventory sharply lower — that combination describes a market … Read more
Redfin data shows pending home sales dropped 3.7% in a week, the steepest decline since 2022, as mortgage rates hit nearly a year-high and sellers offer more concessions.
CoStar Group forecasts a turning point for U.S. industrial real estate, with net absorption overtaking new supply by late 2027 as construction slows and rent growth firms.
Healthpeak Properties raised full-year guidance after senior housing same-store NOI grew 19.2% in the second quarter, even as its life science lab segment continued to lag.
Once the repairs are done, the clutter is gone, and the home is clean, styling is what turns an average listing into a memorable one. This is the part of staging most people picture — furniture, art, accessories — and it is where a property either comes alive in photos or disappears into the scroll. … Read more
Virginia’s State Corporation Commission will require data centers to pay for transmission infrastructure built for their facilities, following Gov. Spanberger’s push to shield ratepayers from rising costs.
Zillow Group is expanding CFO Jeremy Hofmann’s role to also cover operations and naming Cassandra Knight as its first chief legal and policy officer, a day after cutting 500 jobs.
Centric Development and Sage Equities sold a 611-unit, five-property Class A senior housing portfolio in the Atlanta suburbs for $147 million in an all-cash deal arranged by JLL.
Marcus & Millichap posted 17.8% revenue growth and a return to profitability in the second quarter as commercial real estate sales and financing activity picked up.
Realtors Property Resource, NAR’s data and technology subsidiary, elevated two longtime executives to newly created chief strategy officer and chief product officer roles.
The Ardent Companies launched a continuation vehicle backed by StepStone Group to recapitalize an eight-property, 742,855-square-foot Class A self-storage portfolio across seven states.
Apollo Global Management is investing $1.02 billion in a joint venture with Starwood Real Estate Income Trust covering roughly 120 affordable housing properties, easing SREIT’s liquidity pressure.
Realtor.com identifies Milwaukee, Detroit and other older industrial cities as best positioned to benefit from a new law tying CDBG grants to local homebuilding.
U-Haul Holding Company grew self-storage revenue 6.8% and expanded its owned storage footprint to 1,642 locations, even as occupancy softened and overall profit declined.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent a nine-page letter to Compass CEO Robert Reffkin and MRED CEO Rebecca Jensen warning their private-listings partnership risks a ‘two-tiered housing market’ and civil rights violations, adding Senate scrutiny to an already bipartisan congressional probe.
A federal judge in Chicago granted final approval to $28.5 million in combined settlements from RE/MAX and Keller Williams in the Batton 1 homebuyer commission lawsuit, with no class objections or opt-outs and claims due Aug. 25.
National apartment rents rose for a fifth straight month in July, with Sun Belt markets that were hit hardest by new supply showing early signs of recovery, according to Yardi Matrix’s latest national multifamily report.
New analysis from BloombergNEF puts a dollar figure on Texas’s data center interconnection freeze: up to $15 billion in at-risk revenue and a possible three-month delay for nearly 50 gigawatts of capacity, with the state’s Batch Zero fast-track process the likely real target.
The U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, and the prior two months were revised sharply lower, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Aug. 7. The unemployment rate held at 4.1%, but the combination of a payroll decline and steep downward revisions points to a labor market that is cooling faster than headline numbers first … Read more
Dream Finders Homes has agreed to acquire Beazer Homes in an all-cash deal worth about $2.2 billion, the companies announced Aug. 6, ending a monthslong pursuit that started as a hostile bid and closes as a unanimously approved merger creating the nation’s sixth-largest listed homebuilder. Under the agreement, Beazer shareholders will receive $33.50 in cash … Read more
Rocket Companies posted its most profitable quarter in four years even as its chief executive described the spring housing market as one of the toughest in years, the Detroit-based mortgage lender announced Aug. 6. The company reported second-quarter net revenue of $2.78 billion and adjusted revenue of $2.76 billion for the period ended June 30, … Read more
CareTrust REIT closed roughly $291 million in new healthcare property deals over the past week, pushing its 2026 investment total to approximately $1.5 billion, the real estate investment trust announced Aug. 6. The pace underscores how aggressively the skilled-nursing and senior-housing REIT has been deploying capital across both the U.S. and U.K. this year. The … Read more
Zillow Group’s revenue climbed 18% to $772 million in the second quarter, topping the high end of its own guidance, even as the company posted a small net loss and saw site traffic decline for a second straight quarter, the company reported Aug. 5. The results land one day after Zillow disclosed cutting more than … Read more
Altus Group has acquired Valos, a UK-based platform that automates the property valuation and lending workflow for commercial real estate, the Toronto-listed real estate intelligence firm announced Aug. 6. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Valos, founded in 2020 by CEO Alex Kountourides, connects valuation firms and mortgage lenders on a single platform … Read more
Barry Gosin, who has run Newmark Group for nearly 47 years, will step down as chief executive at the end of this year, the commercial real estate advisory firm announced Aug. 7. Gosin, who became CEO in 1979, will leave the role effective Dec. 31, 2026, but will remain with the company as Chairman of … Read more
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