Home Prices Rise in 80% of U.S. Metros as NAR Reports Q2 Gains
Home prices rose year-over-year in 80% of U.S. metros this spring, up from 71% in Q1, as the national median price climbed to $434,900, NAR’s latest quarterly report finds.
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Dream Finders Adds Rick Beckwitt to Board as Beazer Bid Escalates
Dream Finders Homes named former Lennar co-CEO Rick Beckwitt co-chairman of its board and banking veteran Steve Fischer an independent director, as its $32-per-share hostile bid for Beazer Homes continues.
Westfield Plaza Bonita Sold for $201.5 Million in National City, Calif.
Henderson Park and Lowe bought the 1 million-square-foot mall from Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, ending Westfield’s decades-long ownership of the South Bay property.
Brooklyn’s Park Slope Tops Redfin’s Hottest Luxury Neighborhoods List
Park Slope, Brooklyn leads Redfin’s 2026 ranking of the hottest U.S. luxury neighborhoods, while AI-industry wealth helped push San Francisco’s Noe Valley into the No. 7 spot.
Southern States See a More Buyer-Friendly Housing Market, Report Finds
New construction is giving homebuyers more negotiating leverage across the South, including Florida, even as many sellers hold out for full asking price, a HomeServices of America report finds.
Homebuilders Say Data Centers Are Outbidding Them for Land at ‘Impossible Prices’
NAHB says AI data center developers are paying 30 to 50 times what homebuilders can afford for land in Northern Virginia and beyond, removing housing sites from the pipeline entirely.
Better.com CEO Vishal Garg Steps Down, Daniel Lewis Named Interim Chief
Better Home & Finance Holding Company named board member Daniel Lewis interim CEO, succeeding founder Vishal Garg, as the online mortgage lender reports preliminary Q2 results and accelerates cost cuts.
Declutter and Depersonalize: The Free Prep That Pays
The highest-return work you can do before listing your home costs nothing but effort: removing things. Research suggests up to 90% of buyers struggle to see past a seller’s belongings and imagine their own life in the space. Every family photo, bold color, and crowded shelf is a small obstacle between your buyer and an … Read more
HOA Foreclosures Jump Nearly 40% as Associations Tighten Enforcement
HOA-related foreclosures climbed to 6,376 properties in the first quarter, up nearly 40% in two years, as insurance costs and depleted reserves push cash-strapped associations to crack down on delinquent owners.
Texas Orders Audit of 1,800-Plus Data Centers Before Grid Hookups
Gov. Greg Abbott directed the PUCT and ERCOT to audit every data center in Texas’s 474-gigawatt interconnection queue before granting grid connections, pausing the state’s Batch Zero review process.
LGI Homes, loanDepot Sued Over Alleged Deceptive Sales Scheme
Two Florida homebuyers filed a class action July 29 accusing LGI Homes, loanDepot and their mortgage joint venture of hiding true home costs and steering renters into loans they could not afford.
Fed Survey: Banks Eased Commercial Real Estate Loan Standards in Second Quarter
The Federal Reserve’s July 2026 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey shows banks eased commercial real estate lending standards in the second quarter, while loan demand stayed largely flat.
OriginPoint Hires $165 Million Mortgage Team From New American Funding in Newport Beach, California
OriginPoint has hired loan officers Erin Halliday and Jon Levin, a $165 million-a-year production team, from New American Funding to grow its presence in California and Hawaii.
Zillow Survey: Agents Say Buyers Benefit From Independent Representation, Full Listing Access
A new Zillow survey of 366 real estate agents finds most agree independent representation and full listing access serve buyers, even as fewer say the practices help agents themselves.
Oregon Housing Agency Launches Permanent Loan Program for Affordable Housing
Oregon Housing and Community Services is offering fixed-rate permanent mortgages to affordable housing developers for the first time in nearly two decades, filling a financing gap between construction and long-term debt.
Manhattan Office Leasing Jumps 28% in July, Led by Midtown South, Colliers Finds
Manhattan tenants leased 3.87 million square feet of office space in July, up 28 percent year over year, with Midtown South driving nearly half the activity as availability hit a six-year low, Colliers reports.
PulteGroup Launches Florida Panhandle Division, Names Taylor Larza to Lead It
PulteGroup is standing up a new Florida Panhandle Division and naming Taylor Larza to lead it, formalizing its push into the Bay County, Florida, market where it has rights to more than 1,300 homesites.
Snap Subleases Nearly 200,000 SF From Verizon at Vornado’s Penn 2 in Manhattan
Snapchat’s parent company has taken over the eighth through 10th floors at Vornado’s Penn 2 tower that Verizon leased just over a year ago for a headquarters it never occupied.
Kairoi, PGIM, Helaba Bank Break Ground on 420-Unit Luxury Apartments in Denver, Colo.
Kairoi Residential, PGIM Real Estate and Germany’s Helaba Bank broke ground on a 420-unit ultra-luxury apartment development in Denver’s LoHi neighborhood, pairing a San Antonio developer with international institutional capital.
KBRA Rates $1.036 Billion CMBS Loan Backed by 6,041-Unit Apartment Portfolio
KBRA assigned a preliminary rating to a $1.036 billion single-borrower CMBS loan backed by 15 apartment complexes with 6,041 units across seven states, with KBRA valuing the portfolio 37% below the appraiser’s estimate.
Greystone Provides $105.8 Million Freddie Mac Refinancing for El Cajon, California, Apartments
Greystone arranged a $105.8 million Freddie Mac refinancing for 476 apartments in El Cajon, California, on behalf of Apollo-owned Bridge Investment Group, as agency lenders keep backing stabilized multifamily assets.
CMBS Loan on Pittsburgh, Pa.’s Gateway Center Liquidates at $64.8M Loss
A $91.8 million CMBS loan backed by Pittsburgh’s Gateway Center office complex was liquidated for $37.7 million, booking a $64.8 million realized loss, according to the trust’s SEC distribution filing.
A Record 242 U.S. Cities Now Have Million-Dollar Starter Homes
A record 242 U.S. cities now have typical starter homes worth at least $1 million, up from 226 in 2025 and just 80 in February 2020, according to Zillow. California accounts for 105 of them. The national typical starter home is worth $198,649 β a figure that, placed beside the $1 million threshold, describes two … Read more
Kelley Blue Book Homes Launches Nationwide Home Valuation Platform
Kelley Blue Book Homes, backed by True Footage’s TrueTracts appraisal technology, launched a free nationwide home valuation platform in 11 states Monday, targeting accuracy within 3% of final sale price.
Home Price Cuts Climb to 20% of Listings in July as Rates Bite
The share of U.S. listings with a price cut rose to 20% in July from 18.8% in June, Realtor.com reports, as mortgage rates near a one-year high stalled the summer selling season.
Adwerx Launches Canva Integration for Real Estate Agent Ad Campaigns
Adwerx launched a Canva integration letting real estate agents import designs directly into ad campaigns without downloading or re-uploading files, available now at no additional cost.
U.S. Construction Spending Fell 3.2% in June as Residential Building Cooled
Census Bureau data show U.S. construction spending fell 3.2% year over year in June to a $2,166.5 billion annual rate, as residential building cooled while nonresidential construction, led by data centers, held up.
JPMorganChase Pledges $750 Billion Through 2035 for U.S. Housing Supply
JPMorganChase will deploy $750 billion through 2035 under its American Dream Initiative, aiming to finance 1 million affordable housing units and help 500,000 people buy homes, including 200,000 first-time buyers.
Two Harbors’ $11.30-a-Share Sale to CrossCountry Mortgage Hits Delay
Two Harbors Investment Corp.’s $11.30-a-share cash sale to CrossCountry Mortgage, which beat out a rival UWM bid, was delayed past its planned Aug. 3 closing pending one final state regulatory approval.
Security Properties Buys 134-Unit Langara Apartments in Issaquah, Wash., for $55.1M
Security Properties, partnering with RGA ReCap on behalf of Reinsurance Group of America, acquired the 134-unit Langara apartment community in Issaquah, Wash., for $55.1 million.