Housing

Southern California luxury brokerage joins eXp Realty

The nation’s top brokerage by transaction side count, eXp Realty, is continuing to add agents. On Wednesday, eXp announced that Southern California-based independent brokerage Palm Realty Boutique ...

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Senior Living Dealbook: Blueprint Sells Seven-Property Portfolio; Dwight Capital Finances $650M in Q2

Transactions Blueprint sells seven-property portfolio Blueprint was engaged to sell a seven-property portfolio totaling 963 units in Ohio and Kentucky. The portfolio was operat...

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RE/MAX adds high-performing Hawaii brokerage

RE/MAX is expanding its presence in Hawaii with the addition of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Advantage Realty, a top-performing brokerage led by veteran real estate executive Myron Kiriu. ...

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Arizona homebuilders challenge groundwater restrictions

As Arizona grapples with rapid growth and a changing climate, long-standing groundwater regulations are being tested in courtrooms, boardrooms and booming desert suburbs. Developers and ...

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U.S. Federal Reserve Again Keeps Interest Rates Steady

Interest rates are not changing, at least for now, according to the U.S. Federal Reserve. On Wednesday, the U.S. central bank announced that it was maintaining its target range for federal f...

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Realty Executives International unifies Arizona operations

Realty Executives International will consolidate its Arizona operations under a single ownership structure, effective Aug. 1. The consolidation combines the company’s Phoenix and Yuma br...

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Trump signs VA foreclosure prevention bill into law

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s bill, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, into law after it received approval last week from the Senate. The VA Home ...

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Fannie Mae posts $3.3B profit, tops $100B net worth despite earnings dip

Fannie Mae announced its second quarter 2025 earnings on Wednesday and reported net income of $3.3 billion, which marked the government-sponsored enterprise’s 30th consecutive quarter of positive e...

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Pending home sales down 0.8% in June, 2.8% below last year

Pending home sales declined 0.8% in June from the previous month and 2.8% compared to June 2024, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Data comes from the Pending Home...

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Judge orders HUD to resume allocation of fair housing funds

U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan issued a temporary order on Tuesday, mandating that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocate crucial federal fair housing fund...

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Senators ask White House to release CDFI funds

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is urging the Trump administration to release $324 million in funding that was already approved to help small businesses and communities in poor and rural areas....

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ASC Breaks Ground on 377-Unit Community in Athens, Georgia

ATHENS, Ga. — Active Senior Concepts (ASC) has broken ground on Celebration Village Athens, a new senior living community in Athens, roughly 80 miles northeast of Atlanta. Upon completion, ...

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Skilled Nursing Operators Navigate Array of Challenges

By Jane Adler Similar macro trends are shaping both seniors housing and skilled nursing. The aging population continues to increase demand for services. Occupancies are rising. Limited new d...

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Fed holds rates steady as markets eye September cut

The Federal Reserve has decided to hold its benchmark interest rate steady at a range of 4.25% to 4.5% following its two-day meeting on Wednesday. The decision aligns with market expectations as th...

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Retirement Living Associates Nears ‘2.0’ Iteration With Ownership Model for Senior Living Residents

Retirement Living Associates is approaching its next iteration with an eye on growth and a new model that lets residents buy equity in their units. North Carolina-based RLA owns and mana...

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Top northern Arizona real estate team joins The Real Brokerage

The Real Brokerage has added Northern Arizona’s top-performing real estate team — JBRE & Co. — to its national network. The nine-agent team is led by Justin Bemis and operates in Flagstaff, Sed...

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CoStar sues Zillow for “rampant” copyright infringement of real estate photos

CoStar Group filed a federal lawsuit today accusing Zillow of mass copyright infringement, alleging the listings giant unlawfully published more than 46,000 of its copyrighted real estate photos — ...

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Luxury Presence launches AI marketing team for real estate agents

Luxury Presence has unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to automate digital marketing for real estate agents. The system — called the Autonomous AI Marketing Team ...

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Consolidation, mobility shape real estate agent recruiting in Q2

Real estate brokerages are experiencing accelerated internal consolidation, increased agent mobility and deepening productivity divides, according to new data from Recruiting Insight. T...

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Mortgage applications fall to their lowest level since May

Mortgage applications decreased 3.8% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending July 25, 2025. Th...

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Has RE/MAX broken its U.S. agent count slump?

RE/MAX says it is finally turning the corner when it comes to U.S. agent count. “Our worldwide agent count hit a record high as of June 30, and the second quarter marked our best U.S. a...

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