The latest real estate news, market data, and expert insight from RealtyWire.
The Consumer Price Index rose 3.4% annually in July, an in-line reading that gives the Fed room to hold rates steady and eases near-term pressure on mortgage rates, which sit near 2026 highs.
After three decades in real estate, I can usually predict which listings will struggle before they hit the market โ because sellers keep making the same handful of mistakes. Every one of them is avoidable. Here are the ones that cost the most. Pricing by feel instead of by data Pricing is more science than … Read more
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing acquired a newly built, 1.5 million-square-foot distribution facility leased to Ace Hardware in Kansas City for $158.5 million, in an off-market deal with developer Hunt Midwest.
The Washington Commanders have selected a joint venture of Clark Construction, Mortenson and Smoot Construction to build their new $3.8 billion stadium at the former RFK Stadium site, with completion targeted for spring 2030.
New York Attorney General Letitia James secured a $700,000-plus settlement from SME Capital Ventures over its handling of a 441 West 37th Street condo building in Hudson Yards, forcing the firm to turn the board over to residents.
Dallas Tanner, CEO of the nation’s largest single-family rental landlord, told CNBC he expects the new federal ban on large-scale institutional homebuying to ease prices over time, but not immediately.
AECOM reported an $86.7 million fiscal Q3 net loss tied to a $337 million charge on a 2019 project, even as the engineering giant’s backlog climbed to a record $27.8 billion.
Capital Group is expanding its Midtown Manhattan office footprint at 345 Park Avenue with a roughly $38 million investment expected to create 200 jobs, backed by up to $3 million in New York state tax credits.
ApartmentIQ raised a $25 million follow-on round from repeat investor Susquehanna Growth Equity as the apartment data and AI platform says its coverage now spans more than 8 million units nationwide.
Infrastructure investor Stonepeak acquired an 860,100-square-foot rail-served logistics facility in Fort Worth’s Alliance submarket, extending a multiyear buying spree that now totals nearly 2.7 million square feet in the corridor since 2024.
The More Homes on the Market Act would raise the capital gains exclusion on home sales to $500,000/$1 million, up from limits set in 1997. Two bipartisan bills are now in committee with a combined 174 cosponsors.
U.S. existing-home sales dropped 1.7% in July to a 4.06 million annual rate as mortgage rates hit a 2026 high, even as the median price set a record for the 37th straight month, NAR reported.
A new Consumer Federation of America and Weiss Ratings analysis, highlighted by Realtor.com, finds home insurers collectively earn $8.8 million a day in extra investment income for every day a claim payment is delayed โ a $61.6 million windfall over a week.
A Staten Island judge temporarily blocked New York City’s enforcement of its new pied-a-terre tax on luxury second homes, but the city’s automatic appeal kept the rollout in force pending an Aug. 31 hearing, as brokers report owners shifting high-value units into the rental market.
All seven residential mortgage categories saw weaker demand in Q2 2026 even as lending standards mostly held steady, new Federal Reserve survey data analyzed by NAHB shows, with subprime the lone category still tightening.
Douglas Elliman’s second-quarter net loss narrowed to $2.7 million as the luxury brokerage launched an AI transformation, including a new intelligence platform called Elius built with Google Cloud.
The mall and outlet REIT lifted its full-year 2026 Real Estate FFO outlook to $13.20-$13.30 per share after occupancy held at 96% and retailer sales per square foot jumped nearly 14%.
New Realtor.com research finds data centers have spread into more rural, lower-income communities and now sit near 1.5% of home sales nationwide, but the company’s economists found no statistically significant hit to nearby home prices in the two years after a center opens.
H&R REIT has agreed to sell 27 Sunbelt and New York properties to GO Residential REIT and split its remaining assets among Blackstone Real Estate and other partners in a $6.7 billion transaction expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026.
WS Development and PSP Investments have secured a $660 million refinancing loan for One Boston Wharf, a fully leased, 708,590-square-foot office tower in Boston, Mass.’s Seaport District, retiring the project’s 2021 construction debt.
Real Capital Solutions has launched the RCS Contrarian Office Fund, targeting $350 million to buy distressed Class A and B office buildings, with CEO Marcel Arsenault anchoring the vehicle with a $50 million personal commitment.
CrossCountry Intermediate HoldCo priced $750 million of 7.750% senior notes due 2031, the third such offering in under a year aimed at paying down CCM’s mortgage servicing rights credit line.
A staff-level permit, not a City Council vote, cleared Amazon’s $2 billion data center campus in Gilroy, California. Decades-old industrial zoning meant no public hearing was legally required.
Meta is committing $1 billion to a new fund supporting teachers, first responders and infrastructure in the U.S. communities that host its data centers, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Monday.
U.S. mortgage holders held a record $18 trillion in home equity as of the second quarter, even as delinquencies and active foreclosures climbed to their highest levels in years, according to ICE’s August Mortgage Monitor report.
Mortgage rates could swing this week depending on Wednesday’s Consumer Price Index report, which Redfin economists say could decisively shift the odds ahead of the Federal Reserve’s Sept. 16 meeting.
Shores, a 544-unit waterfront apartment community in Marina del Rey, California, has sold for $170 million to affiliates of Jackson Square Properties, one of the largest multifamily transactions in Los Angeles County this year.
Wage growth for residential building workers slowed to 1.0% in June, with inflation-adjusted pay down 2.4% year over year, as softer construction activity weighs on labor demand, NAHB finds.
TPG Mortgage Investment Trust will acquire Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corp. in a stock-and-cash deal valued at $117.5 million, creating a combined residential mortgage REIT with about $9 billion in assets.
Canyon Partners Real Estate closed its latest opportunistic fund at about $570 million, above its $500 million target, aiming at distressed, value-add and mid-construction real estate deals.
Get expert insights, market updates, and new opportunities delivered to your inbox.