Real Estate Industry News

Two real estate giants are deciding which homes you're allowed to see

Compass finalized its acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate in January, which owns other real estate firms, and has built its strategy partly around “private exclusives,” listings marketed within the brokerage before reaching the open…

Tokenizing Vietnam's Real Estate

Turning Property into a More Accessible Digital Market: Vietnam has an enormous real-estate market. But what if investing in a property did not require buying the entire property? That is the opportunity I see in tokenization. Rather than…

Why this $175K Maine camp has spent nearly 3 years on the market

This section of the BDN aims to help readers understand Maine's housing crisis, the volatile real estate market and the public policy behind them. Read more Housing coverage here. This lakefront camp tucked away on 10 wooded acres has been on the…

Racine County industrial building sold for $44.4 million

Subscribe to BizTimes Daily – Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. A 442,987-square-foot industrial building in Caledonia has been sold for $44.4 million, according to…

Mumbai, Delhi-NCR Office Rents Rise: Supply Shortage Drives Premium in Key Micro-Markets

Office rents in key micro-markets of Mumbai and Delhi-NCR are witnessing a significant premium, driven by a persistent shortage of quality Grade-A commercial space and robust occupier demand across diverse sectors. Mumbai and Delhi-NCR are…

Global property investors see signs of recovery in China: JLL

International investors who have seen early signs of recovery in mainland China ' s office and retail property markets are expected to start buying when oversupply concerns are eased, according to global real estate firm JLL. Stuart Crow, JLL's CEO…

Newark Council Approves Ban on Tenant-Paid Broker Fees

Newark landlords will soon have to pay their own real-estate broker fees instead of passing the cost onto renters, under an ordinance the city's Municipal Council approved unanimously. The measure, proposed by Mayor Ras J. Baraka, also blocks…

This Stock's 10% Yield Beats the Market. Its 10-Year Return Doesn't. Is It a Value Trap, or a Real Opportunity?

A 10% dividend yield is alluring in today's market, where the S&P 500 's dividend yield is around 1%. However, when that same investment has delivered a 4.7% average annual total return over the past decade, it looks less like an opportunity and…

A home focused on detail rather than a bigger space

Please log in to bookmark this story. Create Free Account Les Lang knew building a custom house in today's market would be more of a labour of love than an equity-building proposition. Custom houses are a luxury that most people cannot afford…

Boomers are setting up a showdown with millennials, aging in place and plunking down hundreds of thousands on renovating those homes

Should you ditch your tablet for a foldable phone?

The new form factor offers convenience at a premium. Book-style foldable phones feature enough screen real estate to rival compact tablets, and at this point, it's reasonable to wonder if the former should replace the latter. For instance, the…

Barings BDC Outperformed My Expectations (Rating Upgrade) (NYSE:BBDC)

BBDC is upgraded to a buy, reflecting strong financials and resilience versus BDC peers. BBDC boasts robust dividend coverage at 108%, stable NAV with only a 2.1% annual drop, and healthy non-accruals below 1%. I expect BBDC's 12% yield to remain…

Asian investment giant PAG takes control of Bathla developments

PAG, the Asian asset management giant that became the largest lender to stricken Sydney real estate developer Bathla, has taken control of several sites as it attempts to recoup more than $300 million in debts. The move by PAG, which had lent to…

Thinking about buying stocks instead of a home as mortgage rates top 7%? The S&P 500 has blown away the housing market over the past decade

From an investing perspective, U.S. homes have paled in comparison to the stock market in recent years, and the surge in mortgage rates will likely widen that mismatch. The housing market has been largely frozen since the COVID-era boom ended in…

Runaway Rates

U.S. equities advanced despite another historic bond selloff, as strong economic data, hawkish Fed commentary, and weak Treasury demand pushed yields to multi-decade highs while AI optimism supported mega-caps again. The rate surge broadened across…