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American Healthcare REIT raised its full-year guidance after posting its tenth consecutive quarter of double-digit same-store net operating income growth, the healthcare and senior housing REIT disclosed Aug. 6 in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Total portfolio same-store NOI grew 13.2% in the second quarter compared with a year earlier, extending a … Read more
Proptech startups raised a reported $650.4 million across 30 financing events in June, according to CRETI. The analysis emphasizes investor preference for specialized software and operational use cases over broad, all-purpose platforms. Funding totals depend on CRETI’s inclusion criteria and disclosed deal values; large individual rounds should be verified against company or investor announcements. Key … Read more
The typical Realtor now has 13 years of experience, and only 11% of members have one year or less in the business, according to NAR’s latest member profile. Median 2025 transaction sides were nine, and median gross income was $59,200. Affordability was the leading client obstacle, cited by 27% of respondents. Key facts Nine sides … Read more
Move Inc.’s Realtor.com posted its seventh straight quarter of revenue growth even as unique visitors fell, a strategy that puts it in sharp contrast with Zillow’s traffic-first super-app approach.
Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce a resolution letting local communities reject data center construction, part of a growing national backlash over AI infrastructure’s toll on electricity bills and water supplies.
A Leon County judge ruled Florida’s property tax amendment ballot language was biased, ordering a rewrite of phrases like the ‘Save Our Homes’ title before the measure appears on the November ballot.
Realty Income posted 3.8% AFFO growth and raised its 2026 outlook while disclosing a $6 billion hyperscale data center joint venture and a new institutional private-capital fund.
UWM Holdings raised $2.05 billion from Oaktree Capital and the Ishbia family after a $451.9 million second-quarter loss tied to its failed Two Harbors bid, and suspended its dividend to prioritize debt reduction.
NAHB’s Multifamily Production and Occupancy Indexes both declined in Q2 2026, with mid- and high-rise sentiment falling the most amid financing costs, permitting delays and labor shortages.
Brookdale agreed to buy the real estate of 17 leased senior living communities for about $157 million and refinanced $244 million in mortgage debt, clearing all maturities until 2028.
LTC Properties expanded its partnership with operator Lifespark, buying two Minnesota senior living communities for $95 million at a 7.4% cap rate as its SHOP portfolio grows to 39 properties.
Newmark Group acquired German real estate valuation firm L+P Immobilienbewertung, its fourth Valuation & Advisory acquisition in Europe this year following deals in France, Canada and Germany.
CBRE research shows data center vacancy at record lows in Northern Virginia, Atlanta and Dallas-Fort Worth, with power delivery and permitting delays now the binding constraint on new supply.
NYC’s Department of Buildings inspected 180 sites tied to the July Pfizer building near-collapse, finding 65 violations and issuing 19 stop-work orders, but no evidence conversions are inherently unsafe.
Buyers cannot inspect your roof or your wiring during a showing, so they judge what they can see: cleanliness. A spotless home reads as a well-maintained home, and buyers extend that impression to everything they cannot see. A dirty light switch plants the opposite thought. Of all the preparation work I recommend, deep cleaning has … Read more
Florida accounted for five of the ten highest-priced U.S. home sales in May, according to Redfin. The month’s top transaction was a $75 million Boca Raton property, followed by a $62.5 million sale in Manalapan. Half of the nation’s largest residential transactions closing in a single state is a concentration worth examining — particularly because … Read more
Real estate investor confidence fell to its lowest level on record this summer, according to the Summer 2026 RCN Capital/CJ Patrick Company Investor Sentiment Index, published Aug. 5. The index dropped to 84, the lowest score in the survey’s 12-quarter history and the second consecutive quarter below 90. The reading is down three points from … Read more
AGNT, Inc., the Bellingham, Wash.-based holding company that owns eXp Realty and was known as eXp World Holdings until rebranding earlier this year, reported record second-quarter 2026 revenue of $1.4 billion, up 11% from a year ago, according to an Aug. 4 earnings release. Executives credited rising agent productivity and new AI tools for the … Read more
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. raised a record $77 billion in new capital during the second quarter of 2026, the company announced Aug. 5, as institutional investors poured money into its credit, infrastructure and private equity strategies. The haul pushed year-to-date fundraising to $98 billion and set up what CEO Connor Teskey called the firm’s “best … Read more
Florida’s share of the nation’s homeowners insurance lawsuits has nearly been cut in half since the state overhauled its property insurance laws, according to state regulatory data reported by Florida Realtors on Aug. 5. Florida’s portion of national homeowners insurance litigation fell from roughly 79% in 2020 to about 41% in 2025, even though the … Read more
A full-floor penthouse atop the JW Marriott Residences Reston Station in Reston, Va., has sold for $10.9 million, setting a new record for the most expensive condominium sale in Virginia history, Comstock Holding Companies and McWilliams|Ballard announced Aug. 5. The sale breaks the same building’s own record of $10.25 million, set earlier in 2026 — … Read more
Realtracs, the multiple listing service covering Nashville and markets across Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, has signed a new data licensing agreement with Zillow that sets explicit rules for how the portal can use broker-created listing data in artificial intelligence products, according to an announcement posted to Realtracs’ own site on … Read more
Innovative Industrial Properties Inc., the real estate investment trust that owns cannabis cultivation and processing facilities, posted second-quarter 2026 profit that topped Wall Street estimates even as tenant defaults kept a lid on revenue growth, according to an Aug. 3 SEC filing. Total revenue was $63.3 million, roughly flat with $62.9 million a year earlier … Read more
Buyers need to earn $109,796 to afford the typical U.S. home, Redfin reports, down just 0.5% from a year-ago record as mortgage rates and prices stabilize.
Banks led by Morgan Stanley have assembled roughly $15 billion in debt for a 2,000-acre Anthropic-leased data center campus in Hubbard, Texas, backstopped by Google — and are already moving to offload the exposure via bond sales, according to CNBC, Bloomberg and the Financial Times.
The MBA’s weekly survey shows the 30-year fixed rate climbed to 6.81%, its highest level in over a year, as overall mortgage application volume fell 2.9% in the week following the Fed’s July policy meeting.
Zillow is eliminating over 500 roles, about 7% of its workforce, in a restructuring CEO Jeremy Wacksman says is about cost discipline — its second and largest round of cuts this year, coming a day before Q2 earnings.
Prologis converted its July “best and final” offer into a signed agreement to acquire U.K. industrial landlord SEGRO plc, creating the world’s largest publicly traded industrial REIT.
Vornado Realty Trust’s Q2 2026 earnings show rising Manhattan office rents and occupancy, plus a new $1.1 billion stake in Park Avenue Plaza alongside Fisher Brothers.
Savills Plc has closed its $1,112.5 million purchase of Eastdil Secured LLC, rebranding it Eastdil Secured Savills and creating what the firms call the world’s number two advisor on prime commercial real estate deals above $100 million.
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