Amazon Partners with Lennar to Showcase Alexa Smart Homes
The world’s top online retailer – Amazon – announced this past week a unique nationwide marketing partnership with Miami-based Lennar Homes, the nation’s largest homebuilder […]
Facebook Leases 1 Million Square Feet in Sunnyvale
Social media giant Facebook has leased more than 1 million square feet in Sunnyvale, reported the San Jose Mercury News. The deal was arranged through a […]
Mortgage Rates Reach a 7-Year High
Based on Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, after plateauing in recent weeks, U.S. mortgage rates reversed course and reached a new high last […]
Blackstone Buys LaSalle Hotels for $3.7 Billion Cash
Just 3 days after realizing a $14 billion profit on the sale of its 5.8% stake in Hilton Worldwide Holdings, private equity firm Blackstone has […]
More CRE Executives Plan to Switch to Unassigned Seating
More than half of corporate execs say they plan to switch to unassigned worker seating for all or some of their employees during the next three years, […]
Real Estate Companies Report Strong Q1 2018 Earnings
Buyoed by a robust real estate market, corporate real estate giants reported strong earnings growth in Q1 2018, including higher brokerage commissions, fee income and […]
Mortgage Rates Jump to 4-Year High
Mortgage rates are back on the move. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to its highest level since January 2014 this week, also seeing its largest […]
New Study Finds the U.S. is Millions of Units Short on Housing
The U.S. fell 7.3 million units short of meeting housing demand between 2000 to 2015, according to new research from the Up for Growth National […]
Certified Appraisals No Longer Required for Commercial Deals Under $500K
An inter-agency group of regulators from the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) […]
20 Cities Where Home Ownership Costs Less than $1,000 a Month
With higher housing costs gripping several areas of the nation, there are still plenty of bargains to be had, according to a new study by GOBankingRates. Analyzing […]