NAR: Proposed Steel & Lumber Tariffs to Make New Homes Even More Expensive
As if high home prices, rising interest rates, lower property tax deductions and a shortage of homes listed for sale are not enough, proposed tariffs […]
WeWork Entices Brokers from CBRE, JLL and Cushman with Bigger Commissions
WeWork, a $20 billion co-working startup, signed agreements with CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield and JLL in North America, giving their brokers a 20 percent fee […]
CBRE Sues an Ex-Vice Chairman for Stealing Secret Company Information
CBRE Group, the world’s largest commercial real estate services provider, accused a former vice chairman of its retail group of stealing almost half a million […]
Cushman: Retail Carnage to Get Worse with 12,000 Store Closures in 2018
Cushman & Wakefield predicts 12,000 stores will close in 2018, up from 9,000 last year, Business Insider reported. Another 25 major retailers could file for bankruptcy this […]
Mortgage Rates Continue Their Ascent, Nearing a 7-Year High
According to Freddie Mac’s most recent Primary Mortgage Market Survey, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate in the U.S. increased for the seventh-consecutive week in 2018. Rates […]
New York City Home Sales Reach an All-Time High of $50 Billion in 2017
According to the Real Estate Board of New York’s 2017 Residential Sales Report, the overall consideration for all home sales completed in New York City in 2017 […]
Office Vacancy Rates Drop to their Lowest Levels in 10-Years
According to Transwestern’s newly released 2017 year-end report on the national office market, the U.S. office market’s nationwide December 2017 vacancy rate of 11.5 percent […]
Homesnap Raises $14 Million in New Funding
Homesnap, a real estate technology company that provides a mobile productivity app and marketing platform for real estate brokers, agents and clients, announced this week […]
The Safest Neighborhoods in America
Analytics firm NeighborhoodScout this week released its Top 100 Safest Cities list, which ranked metros with populations of 25,000 based on crime rates, taking into account both […]
The Most Valuable Malls in America
The 20 most valuable malls in America that are owned by real estate investment trusts bring in roughly $21 billion in retail sales annually, according to […]