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Lincoln Property Company says it has raised more than $2 billion in equity capital in 2026, led by a new $400 million discretionary program backed by family offices HF Capital and SGF Capital.
Koch Inc. is reportedly weighing a sale of data center developer Edged that could exceed $15 billion, according to a Bloomberg report, as Goldman Sachs gauges buyer interest amid an AI infrastructure investment boom.
The National Association of Realtors has issued guidance clarifying agent and broker responsibilities for office exclusives and pre-marketing listings, emphasizing disclosure obligations when sellers waive or delay MLS exposure. Under the guidance, agents must ensure sellers understand their marketing options, and brokers must explain applicable pre-marketing choices and obtain signed disclosures. State laws, local MLS … Read more
Henry AI raised $16.5 million in a Series A led by FirstMark Capital, with RXR’s venture arm among the backers, to expand an AI platform that has already generated more than 20,000 deal documents worth $150 billion for commercial real estate brokerages.
Antares Labs launched with $7.25 million in seed funding from Fifth Wall and other investors to embed custom AI systems directly inside real estate owner-operators, targeting lease-up, churn and investment decisions.
The 10 largest homebuilders captured 43.6% of new single-family home sales nationally in 2025, but that understates their true reach β in some metro markets, the top 10 builders now control nearly all new-home construction.
The Federal Reserve held its benchmark rate steady on July 29 in a 9-3 vote, with three officials pushing for a hike — an unusually hawkish split that leaves mortgage rates likely to hold near current levels into the fall.
Redwood Trust finalized a joint venture giving its Aspire mortgage banking platform up to $8 billion in purchasing power, as the company’s overall mortgage production topped $8 billion for a second straight quarter.
NAREIM, the trade association for institutional real estate investment managers, named 25-year industry veteran Andy Walburger as its next CEO, succeeding Reesa Fischer effective Aug. 17.
AMD will secure more than 500 megawatts of U.S. data center capacity from Core Scientific starting in 2027, in a warrant-based infrastructure deal that could expand to 2.5 gigawatts across the company’s seven-state footprint.
Freddie Mac’s second-quarter net income climbed 61% from a year earlier to $3.8 billion, lifting the mortgage giant’s net worth to $78 billion as it keeps building capital toward eventual release from federal conservatorship.
BXP closed a $1.2 billion construction loan for its 46-story, 930,000-square-foot office tower at 343 Madison Avenue near Grand Central Terminal, already about half pre-leased ahead of a 2029 delivery.
Mid-America Apartment Communities lowered its full-year revenue guidance after second-quarter same-store results slipped, as new supply continues to pressure rents across the Sunbelt REIT’s Southeast and Southwest markets.
M/I Homes booked a second-quarter record of 2,387 new contracts even as deliveries and profit declined, with the homebuilder pointing to a sharply improved cancellation rate and record book value per share.
Florida’s homebuilding permit activity fell 7% through the first half of 2026, extending a slowdown that began last year, though several counties bucked the statewide trend with double-digit gains.
Equinix posted 16% revenue growth and record interconnection additions in the second quarter, prompting the data center giant to raise both its full-year 2026 guidance and its long-term outlook through 2029.
Newmark Group posted record second-quarter revenue of $888.4 million, with double-digit growth across leasing, capital markets and servicing, and investment sales up more than 54% year over year.
CBRE’s second-quarter revenue climbed 16% to $11.2 billion as leasing activity and data center-related infrastructure work drove growth, prompting the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm to raise its full-year earnings outlook.
Data center operator CyrusOne has named John Hatem, a nearly 15-year company veteran, as its new chief executive, succeeding Eric Schwartz as the company positions itself for continued AI-driven infrastructure growth.
Apartment REIT UDR raised its full-year 2026 guidance after second-quarter leasing strength, occupancy and resident retention all outpaced the company’s prior expectations.
A West Philadelphia renter’s class-action lawsuit against property manager Willow Bridge and software firm RealPage is reportedly the first case testing Philadelphia’s year-old ban on algorithmic rent-price coordination.
PennyMac Financial Services posted an 84% year-over-year drop in second-quarter net income as elevated mortgage rates weighed on loan production, even as the company’s servicing portfolio and total revenue both grew.
Turner Construction’s benchmark building cost index climbed 5.15% year over year in the second quarter, as data center, semiconductor and advanced manufacturing projects continue to drive nationwide construction demand.
Essex Property Trust raised its full-year guidance after second-quarter results showed San Francisco-area rents climbing 7%, far outpacing the West Coast apartment REIT’s more moderate Southern California markets.
The Energy Department named Utah, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Idaho and Louisiana as finalists to host nuclear ‘innovation campuses’ that could draw $50 billion in investment and, potentially, adjacent data center development.
Denver-based Speed Bay Warehouse Solutions paid more than $84 million for an eight-building, 488,936-square-foot light industrial portfolio spanning suburban Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, marking its entry into the Northeast.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and his wife sold their longtime Chevy Chase, Md., home for $3.44 million — more than $200,000 over asking — just weeks after quietly listing it.
Invitation Homes raised its full-year guidance after second-quarter results showed new-lease rent growth accelerating each month through June, even as the single-family rental giant continued trimming its portfolio through targeted home sales.
Virginia has enacted a temporary tax on electricity consumption of $0.011 per kilowatt-hour, under budget language that takes effect July 1, 2026 and runs until before July 1, 2028. The provision includes refunds if annual collections exceed $600 million. For the largest data center market in the world, this converts a policy debate into a … Read more
International buyers spent $45.3 billion on U.S. homes in the year through March 2026, down 19% as transactions fell to their second-lowest level since 2009, NAR’s annual report finds.
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