Dubai Property Sector Shows Early Signs of Weakness
Dubai’s property market is showing early signs of weakness as the US‑Israeli war on Iran dampens demand. Transaction volumes fell 37% year‑on‑year and 49% month‑on‑month in the first 12 days of March, according to Goldman Sachs. High‑end listings are being offered with 12‑15% price cuts, while developer shares such as Emaar have dropped more than 26%. Analysts have trimmed Dubai’s population‑growth outlook and warn of a potential 7% annual price decline through 2028.
Lake Views / JA Joubert Architecture
Lake Views is a 100,000 m² mixed‑use development by JA Joubert Architecture on Tirana’s lakefront, completed in 2024. The project stacks residential units above commercial spaces and parking, using sloped volumes that guarantee every apartment an outward view of the lake, city...
Connect Industrial Midwest 2026 Recap (VIDEO)
At the Connect Industrial Midwest 2026 conference, commercial real‑estate leaders highlighted steady fundamentals, rising leasing activity and renewed capital flows in the Midwest industrial sector. Speakers noted that limited new supply kept the market disciplined, positioning Chicago as slightly undersupplied...
Champaign Workforce Housing Development Launches Lease Up
Royse + Brinkmeyer has begun leasing The Pilot, a mixed‑income residential community in Champaign’s In‑Town Neighborhood. The development will deliver 151 modern apartments, townhomes and lofts across five planned properties aimed at expanding workforce housing. Financing comes from PNC Bank...
CRMLS to ‘Give Revenue Back’; a Tech Upgrade for BeachesMLS
California Regional MLS (CRMLS) announced it will redistribute listing‑data revenue to roughly 2,000 brokerages that posted at least five listings in 2025, with payments beginning in April 2026. The move reinforces CRMLS’s broker‑centric, cooperative model and follows MARIS’s earlier revenue‑sharing...
Nonprofit Leases Two Floors for Largest Tenancy at 39 Broadway
Nonprofit Fedcap has signed a 37,760‑square‑foot lease for its new headquarters at 39 Broadway in Manhattan’s Financial District. The six‑year agreement covers the entire second and third floors, making it the largest tenancy in the 37‑story Art Deco tower. Fedcap, a...
Landlords Cry Foul As NYC Issues Over $115K In Composting Fines
New York City’s Department of Sanitation has issued more than $115,000 in composting fines to multifamily landlords since the rule took effect in October 2024, delivering 1,173 summonses in under a year. Fines are modest—about $100 each—but are frequent, prompting...
How Denver Is Offering a New Path to Homeownership
Nearly one‑third of Colorado households are severely cost‑burdened as Denver’s median single‑family home price hit $699,750 in February 2026, a 2.9% rise since the pandemic. Prices per square foot jumped 25.2% over the same period, squeezing first‑time buyers. Realtor.com analyst...
Pediatrics Practice Continues Expansion with Bellmore Location
Colliers brokered a new 3,000‑square‑foot lease for Concierge Pediatrics at 2788 Merrick Road in Bellmore, New York. The Bellmore clinic marks the fourth location for the concierge‑style pediatric practice, adding to its existing sites in Roslyn and Woodbury, NY, and...
Morningstar DBRS Confirms Credit Ratings on Five Classes of Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C27
Morningstar DBRS confirmed credit ratings on five classes of the Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015‑C27, assigning B (sf) to Class C and C (sf) to Classes D, E, F and X‑B. The agency discontinued the rating on senior Class PEX after its repayment. Since...
Jamestown Reveals Vision For Proposed Mixed-Use NHL Stadium: The Atlanta Deal Sheet
Jamestown has filed a zoning application to transform the former North Point Mall in Alpharetta into a 20,000‑seat NHL arena surrounded by a mixed‑use campus. The development would add roughly 1 million square feet of retail and dining, a 300‑room hotel,...
5 WTC Plans on “Pause” Due to Rising Costs: Port Authority
The Port Authority announced that the 5 World Trade Center residential tower, slated for 1,200 apartments with a third affordable, is on pause as developers grapple with soaring construction costs and geopolitical headwinds. Costs have risen roughly 50% since the...
Starwood Pays $4M an Acre to Build Data Centers
Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors approved the sale of a 42‑acre parcel at the county police training campus to Starwood Capital Group for $166.8 million. The Miami‑based developer intends to build a data center, though site entitlements are still pending. County...
CIM Group Sells 177,434-Square-Foot Shopping Center in Dallas
CIM Group has sold Best Buy Plaza, a 177,434‑square‑foot shopping center in North Dallas, anchored by Best Buy and fully leased to national retailers such as Dick’s Sporting Goods and Total Wine. The property, built in 1995 on roughly 15 acres, was...
Koreins Call Out More Brokers in Vornado Feud
The Korein family, owners of the land beneath 1 Penn Plaza, filed a lawsuit accusing several top Manhattan brokers of refusing to represent them against Vornado Realty Trust due to fear of losing Vornado's lucrative business. They allege brokers such as Doug...
Borrower Hesitation in High-Cost Regions
Borrower hesitation in high‑cost metros is increasingly driven by soaring insurance premiums, rising property‑tax and HOA costs, and the complexity of covering high‑value personal assets. Lenders report longer decision cycles, higher pre‑qualification fallout, and more renegotiations as total cost‑of‑ownership calculations...
Armed With $1B In New Credit, JLL Income Property Trust Ready To Deal
JLL Income Property Trust secured a $1 billion credit facility comprising a $600 million revolving line and a $400 million term loan, with the option to expand to $1.3 billion. The two‑year facility, syndicated by ten major banks, provides unsecured liquidity for opportunistic acquisitions....
Apollo To Invest $1B In 500 Realty Income Single-Tenant Properties
Apollo Global Management is investing $1 billion for a 49% stake in a new joint venture with Realty Income Corp. to acquire roughly 500 single‑tenant retail properties under long‑term net leases. Realty Income will continue to manage the portfolio, with the...
What Brokers Need to Know About President Trump's Housing Executive Order
President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at addressing housing affordability, directing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to conduct studies and draft new rules. The order highlights support for community and small banks and signals possible regulatory changes that...
Mortgage Executive Sees Pent‑up Demand as Buyers Wait for the Right Moment to Strike
Mortgage applications have slumped as rates climbed from the high‑5s to the mid‑6% range, leaving buyers on the sidelines. Flyhomes CEO Tushar Garg argues that this pause masks significant pent‑up demand that could ignite once rates retreat. Federal Reserve officials...
Home Flippers Face Great Recession‑era Returns as Costs Catch Up
Home flippers ended 2025 with sharply reduced returns as acquisition costs and high resale prices pushed gross ROI to 25.5%, the weakest level since the 2008 crisis. The sector’s share of total home sales fell to 7.4%, the lowest volume...
Developer Effectively Withdraws Application for Data Center in Fayetteville, Georgia
Crow Holdings Development and CHI/Acquisitions withdrew their application to build a 300,000‑sq ft data center on a 37.4‑acre site in Fayetteville, Georgia, after the planning and zoning commission rejected the proposal. The parcel, already zoned for data‑center use, would have featured...
Hawke’s Bay’s Cheapest and Most Expensive House Sales for 2025: From a $5.15m Apartment to $57k Cottage
Hawke’s Bay recorded a striking price spread in 2025, with a 1910 cottage in Frasertown selling for just $56,650 and a luxury waterfront apartment in Ahuriri fetching $5.15 million. The low‑end sale reflects the modest demand and condition‑driven pricing common in...
Former Newspaper Building in Kansas City Eyed for 20-Story Data Center Development
Revitalization Unlimited, a Miami‑based historic‑preservation fund, plans to replace the 1900‑era Western Newspaper Union building in Kansas City with a 20‑story, 30 MW data center. The 142,085 sq ft tower would feature natural‑gas fuel cells and ground‑floor retail, demolishing the existing 29,990 sq ft structure....
CBRE Strengthens Development Advisory and Residential Land Team
CBRE has bolstered its development advisory and residential land capabilities in Bristol and the South West by appointing senior director Nic Rumble from JLL and development finance expert Martha Freer. The expanded team now includes five specialists offering end‑to‑end services to...
Miami Developer Offering FIFA World Cup Tickets For Condo Buyers
North Development is using FIFA World Cup tickets as a sales incentive for its Domus Brickell Park condos in Miami. Since the promotion began four months ago, roughly 20 of the 45 remaining units have been sold, driven largely by...
BrightSpire Sells LIC Office Building to Pearl Realty at $36M Discount
BrightSpire Capital sold the seven‑story Paragon Building in Long Island City for $28 million, a $36.3 million discount from its 2023 purchase price of $64.3 million. The sale represents a roughly 56 percent loss, reflecting broader devaluation in New York’s office market. Pearl Realty...
Historic Heights Redevelopment Reaches 80% Preleased: The Houston Deal Sheet
Radom Capital and Triten Real Estate Partners’ Swift Building in Houston Heights has reached 80% pre‑lease, offering 35,000 sq ft of office and 25,000 sq ft of retail space. Anchor tenants include Van Leeuwen Ice Cream (1,300 sq ft) and wellness brand Leemoo, marking the fourth and...
Lawmaker Seeks To Block School-To-Housing Conversions In West Philly
Councilmember Jamie Gauthier introduced legislation to block the conversion of five West Philadelphia public schools into housing, directing the properties toward civic uses such as schools or libraries. The mayor, Cherelle Parker, is pushing school‑to‑housing projects to help meet her...
Investor Makes D.C. Debut With All-Cash NoMa Buy: The D.C. Deal Sheet
Philadelphia‑based Turio Residential Co. announced its first Washington, D.C. acquisition, buying the 67‑unit former extended‑stay hotel at 1324 North Capitol St. NW for $16 million in cash. The asset, previously slated for foreclosure, will be rebranded as NoMa 1324 and converted to...
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Chick-Fil-A Is Opening a Distribution Center in Texas
Chick‑fil‑A will break ground on a $50 million distribution and warehouse facility in Lubbock, Texas, slated for May. The site, positioned near Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport, will store and ship food and related products to the chain’s restaurants across the region....
The Homeowners Insurance Crisis Is Now a Mortgage Crisis. A Federal Fix Is Being Proposed
Homeowners‑insurance premiums have surged 64% since 2019, pushing average annual costs to $1,950 and exceeding $4,400 in high‑risk states. The spike is inflating borrowers' debt‑to‑income ratios, causing 37% of lenders to lose deals and delaying closings. Brookings economists propose a...
Florida Legislature Passes Bill to Encourage Infill Housing on Brownfields
Florida’s Legislature passed a bill requiring counties with over 1.475 million residents to allow residential development on any parcel of five acres or larger, targeting infill housing on brownfield sites. The measure preempts certain local zoning restrictions on multifamily and mixed‑use...
3 in 5 Americans Fear AI Could Replace Jobs, Making It Harder to Afford Homes
A Redfin‑commissioned Ipsos survey of 4,000 U.S. adults finds that 59% believe advances in artificial intelligence will eliminate jobs and make home ownership less affordable, while only 30% think AI will boost the economy and housing access. The same respondents...
The Smart Landlord’s Secret to Happier Tenants
Spring is the ideal time for landlords to shift from reactive fire‑fighting to proactive maintenance, inspecting roofs, HVAC, plumbing and seals before summer demand. Centralizing repair requests through property‑management platforms turns scattered calls into organized, real‑time workflows, cutting admin time...
Garry Marr: Why It Could Be the Right Time to Walk Away From Your Real Estate
Canadian homeowners and condo investors are increasingly facing underwater properties as market values retreat. Insolvency filings tied to real estate rose to eight percent of all bankruptcies in 2025, up from five percent a year earlier. Experts warn that while...
Metrocentre Shopping Centre to Roll Out New Independent Brands Space
Metrocentre, the UK’s second‑largest shopping centre, will transform its "The Forum" area into a new destination called "The Crescent". The revamp will feature up to ten newly refurbished units dedicated to independent brands and a centrally located coffee hub. Designed...
$1 Million Apartments in Paris
A one‑bedroom top‑floor unit in the Sainte‑Avoye enclave of Le Marais is listed for $979,000 (€850,000). The 549‑square‑foot apartment commands $1,783 per square foot and sits within a mid‑17th‑century mansion adjacent to Paris’s oldest standing building. It offers high ceilings, original...
Semi-Detached House Extension Ideas – Our Pick of 7 Inspiring Home Additions
Semi-detached homes, with only one shared wall, offer a cost‑effective platform for extensions that can dramatically improve space, daylight and functionality. Homeowners must navigate permitted‑development rights versus full planning permission, especially concerning height, footprint and privacy. The article showcases seven...
Homes for Sale with Uplifting Views in England and Wales – in Pictures
From an isolated stone cottage in Powys to a 42‑storey penthouse in Canary Wharf, the latest listings showcase the UK’s appetite for homes with striking views. Prices range from £235,000 for a Southsea apartment to £2.05 million for a three‑bedroom flat...
Would You Trust It? AI Tool to Assist Landlord Compliance
Rent Fix Legals has launched RentFix.ai, an AI‑driven legal platform designed to help UK landlords comply with the upcoming Renters’ Rights Act. Powered by Anthropic’s Claude model and trained on more than 100,000 UK legal documents, the tool claims 99.7%...
Fine & Country Reveals New Premium Lettings Business
Fine & Country has launched a premium lettings and property management division in Nottingham, extending its decade‑long success in high‑end sales to the rental market. The new arm offers full‑service lettings, targeting landlords, investors and tenants seeking a refined experience....
By Charlotte Makes WA Debut, Opening Three Stores
Australian jewellery label By Charlotte is debuting in Western Australia with three new boutiques in Perth’s Karrinyup Shopping Centre, Claremont Quarter and Westfield Booragoon. The openings follow a rapid Victorian rollout that added four stores last year and bring the...
Helping Customers Build Wealth: How Investment Properties Help Homebuyers Get Ahead
Fortress Mortgage Advisors’ partners Craig Andriulli and Michael LiPari are urging first‑time homebuyers to view their primary residence as a stepping stone to investment properties. By using the equity in a newly purchased home, they help clients acquire vacation rentals...
Broker Shares How Poor Lender Communication Can Derail Mortgage Deals
Independent mortgage brokers rely on strong lender relationships to close deals efficiently. Recent insights from Edge Home Finance’s Nguyen Mai and RCG Mortgage founder Andrew Russell highlight that proactive, over‑communication from lenders—especially underwriters—can prevent bottlenecks and improve client outcomes. Speedy,...
Michigan Court Blocks Mortgage Holder From Claiming Tax-Foreclosure Surplus Proceeds
The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that Banyon Investments lost its claim to surplus proceeds from a tax‑foreclosure sale after missing required filing deadlines. Under the General Property Tax Act, mortgage holders must file a Form 5743 by July 1 and a...
Avondale Global Gateway Named Recipient of Louisiana FastSites Investment
Avondale Global Gateway (AGG) has been named an inaugural recipient of Louisiana Economic Development’s FastSites investment, earmarked for a major rail‑capacity expansion. Since acquiring the former Avondale Shipyard, AGG’s parent T. Parker Host has turned the 275‑acre site into a...
Basel Reproposal's Impact on Non-Bank Mortgage Lenders
The Federal Reserve’s Basel III reproposal softens capital requirements for mortgage‑backed assets, notably easing the Tier 1 cap on mortgage servicing rights (MSRs) while keeping a 250% risk weight. It introduces LTV‑based risk‑weight tiers, dropping to 25% for loans under 50% LTV,...
The Geography of Brick-and-Mortar Retail Foot Traffic in the United States – Placer.ai Blog
The Placer.ai analysis shows that U.S. brick‑and‑mortar retail foot traffic does not mirror population distribution. Sun Belt states such as Texas and Florida generate a larger share of visits than their population would predict, while coastal and Northeastern states under‑index....
What Eddie Bauer’s Bankruptcy Reveals About Retail in 2026 – Placer.ai Blog
Eddie Bauer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2026 and announced the closure of all its physical stores, shifting focus to online sales and wholesale partners. Data from Placer.ai shows a 9.7% year‑over‑year decline in store traffic in 2024, far...