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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.
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
Starwood Property Trust’s GAAP net income fell 95% in the second quarter, dropping to $6.6 million from $129.8 million a year earlier, even as the commercial mortgage REIT’s preferred profitability measure held essentially flat, the company reported for the quarter ended June 30. GAAP earnings per diluted share came in at 1 cent, down from … Read more
TPG AG U.S. Real Estate and Redfearn Capital have acquired a 53-building industrial portfolio for $628 million, the companies announced, adding 5.4 million square feet of shallow-bay logistics and manufacturing space concentrated in fast-growing Southeast markets. The portfolio, purchased from seller DRA Advisors, is roughly 87% occupied and spans seven states: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, … Read more
RE/MAX Holdings swung to a $4.3 million net loss in the second quarter as U.S. agent count kept shrinking, the franchisor reported Aug. 6, just over a week before shareholders vote on the company’s pending merger with The Real Brokerage. The loss compares with net income of $4.7 million in the same quarter last year, … Read more
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
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