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theguardian.com - Ramon Antonio Vargas - US real estate agent duct-taped and zip-tied to plane seat after 'racial slurs' is fired
US real estate agent duct-taped and zip-tied to plane seat after 'racial slurs' is fired
The Guardian

An Arizona realty company says it is “no longer associated” with an agent who was recently arrested after alleged unruly behavior – including racist and homophobic slurs – on an airline flight led to his being zip-tied…

goodhousekeeping.com - Alyssa Gautieri - Are Starter Homes a Thing of the Past? Real Estate Experts Weigh In
Are Starter Homes a Thing of the Past? Real Estate Experts Weigh In
Good Housekeeping

It's no secret that starter homes—small, affordable properties for first-time buyers—are harder to come by these days. At one time, it was normal for families to comfortably purchase their first home with the goal of upgrading to a…

seekingalpha.com - Northern Trust Asset Management - Northern Global Real Estate Index Fund Q2 2026 Commentary
Northern Global Real Estate Index Fund Q2 2026 Commentary
Seeking Alpha

In the second quarter of 2026, the MSCI ACWI IMI Core Real Estate Index returned 8.21%, underperforming the broader global equity market, represented by the MSCI World Index, which returned -13.76% in the quarter. Within the Fund Index, the…

wishtv.com - Hanna Mordoh - Real Estate Rundown: Weather and mortgage rates dampen Indiana housing market
Real Estate Rundown: Weather and mortgage rates dampen Indiana housing market
Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana Traffic | WISH-TV |

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The central Indiana housing market hit some headwinds in August, from the severe weather and flooding to rising interest rates. That's according to Dan Brown, a realtor with F.C. Tucker. He joined Daybreak Tuesday for…

axios.com - Sommer Brugal - Miami restaurant owners buy real estate to offset rising rents
Miami restaurant owners buy real estate to offset rising rents
Axios

A growing number of restaurateurs are turning to property ownership to combat rising costs, the Real Deal reported. Why it matters: Countless Miami restaurants have closed in recent months and years — with many restaurant owners citing…

thoughtcatalog.com - Chrissy Stockton - Sandra Bullock Was Convinced Her Career Would Be Over by 40, So She Put 'Every Penny' She Made into Real Estate. It Made Her One of Hollywood's Richest Stars
Sandra Bullock Was Convinced Her Career Would Be Over by 40, So She Put 'Every Penny' She Made into Real Estate. It Made Her One of Hollywood's Richest Stars
Thought Catalog

Sandra Bullock was so sure Hollywood would drop her that she started buying and fixing up property to have income once the roles dried up. The roles never dried up, and the real estate quietly turned her into one of the industry's wealthiest…

housingwire.com - HousingWire Automation - Christie's International Real Estate brings Warburg agents into new NYC brokerage
Christie's International Real Estate brings Warburg agents into new NYC brokerage
HousingWire

Christie's International Real Estate has launched a new brokerage firm in New York City, the company announced Tuesday. The firm said this move establishes a direct presence in the nation's largest luxury housing market and deepens its ties to the…

afr.com - Campbell Kwan, Jonathan Shapiro - Metrics' unsold mega site shapes up as major test for private credit
Metrics' unsold mega site shapes up as major test for private credit
Australian Financial Review

One of the country's biggest private credit funds is struggling to find a buyer for a giant residential construction site in Sydney's west after the project developer defaulted on a $270 million loan, leaving the property on the market and putting…

forbes.com - Nathan Miller - The Housing Market Changed, But Affordability Benchmarks Didn't
The Housing Market Changed, But Affordability Benchmarks Didn't
Forbes

Nathan Miller, founder and CEO of Rentec Direct, industry-leading property management software for real estate professionals. ​Every industry has its own rules of thumb—shortcuts and benchmarks that help people make complex decisions.

seekingalpha.com - Nomura Asset Management - Nomura Global Listed Real Assets Fund Q2 2026 Commentary (DPREX)
Nomura Global Listed Real Assets Fund Q2 2026 Commentary (DPREX)
Seeking Alpha

For 2Q26, Nomura Global Listed Real Assets Fund underperformed the Fund's primary benchmark, the Bloomberg Global Inflation-Linked Total Return Index Value Hedged USD. The main driver of the Fund's underperformance was natural resources. The main…

prweb.com - Sage & Cedar Real Estate - Stranger Things Filming Location Hits the Market in Historic Stone Mountain, Georgia
Stranger Things Filming Location Hits the Market in Historic Stone Mountain, Georgia
PRWeb

Located at 5280 Moore Street in Stone Mountain, Georgia, the 1920s bungalow is listed for $295,000 with Heather Dean Frost of Sage & Cedar Real Estate for Homestead Realtors. Known in the series as the Hargrove/Mayfield home, the house is where…

cnbc.com - Diana Olick - Here's where rental demand is heading and what it means for future home sales
Here's where rental demand is heading and what it means for future home sales
CNBC

As U.S. rent prices rise, more tenants are relocating to cheaper markets, according to a new report by Zillow. Buffalo, New York; Chicago and Houston are seeing the biggest growth in out-of-town searches on Zillow, followed by New Orleans and…

cnbc.com - Michelle Fox - These dividend stocks could catch a tailwind from data center pushback
These dividend stocks could catch a tailwind from data center pushback
CNBC

Amanda Andrade-Rhoades | The Washington Post | Getty Images The backlash against artificial intelligence data centers could prove a tailwind for real estate investment trusts in the sector. Protests have sprung up nationally as hyperscalers look to…

thestandard.com.hk - Raine Fung - Overseas students as key drive of booming rental market: Sing Tao property forum
Overseas students as key drive of booming rental market: Sing Tao property forum
The Standard

Tony Wan Wai-ming, president of Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, noted that the recent property market has improved as interest rates are remaining at 3.25 percent. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Primary market transaction volume in the first…

afaqs.com - afaqs! news bureau - ARM Worldwide integrates ChatGPT Ads into paid media strategy
ARM Worldwide integrates ChatGPT Ads into paid media strategy
afaqs!

ARM Worldwide is integrating ChatGPT Ads into its paid media strategy, adding conversational advertising to campaigns for clients across multiple sectors in India. The digital marketing and communications consultancy says it is incorporating the…

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