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JPMorgan AM creates new global real estate head role  Private Equity Real Estate | PERE

Landsec swings to profit as London rents rise and shops get bigger  London Evening Standard

Landsec swings to profit as London rents rise and shops get bigger  The Independent

Landsec says London office rents rising quickly as it plots £2bn in sales  Financial Times

London’s great again! US buyers defy Trump tariff chaos  The Negotiator - The essential site for residential agents

The Embarrassing Transatlantic Divide in Real Estate Stocks  Bloomberg

Missoni announces residential real estate project in Portugal  FashionNetwork USA

The London boroughs where Americans are looking for second homes named  MyLondon

Ukrainian Is Charged After Fires at Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Properties  The New York Times

Above: Whitney LaCosta. VITALS: Howard Hanna | Coach REALTORS® Years in business: 27 Size: 650 sales agents, 20 offices Regions served: Long Island https://www.coachrealtors.com  Whitney LaCosta isn’t sure if it was inspiration or osmosis that led her to a career in real estate. Growing up in a family deeply rooted in the industry, the business…

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DepositLink has announced a partnership with Massachusetts based Leader Bank to offer real estate brokerages and escrow holders across the country a streamlined solution for collecting and managing escrow funds. The Leader Bank team has built a comprehensive suite of products and services to support home buyers and agents alike, as noted in a release.…

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Leading Real Estate Companies of the World® welcomes The Staver Group to its Solutions Group program of preferred business resources for its global network of 550 real estate firms.  Through personalized coaching, training and consulting, LeadingRE stated that The Staver Group helps individuals and organizations build clarity, confidence and high-performance cultures. Their services include one-on-one…

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Austin slips in ranking of largest US cities  The Business Journals

It is easy to fall into the habit of always being “on.” Your phone is always nearby. Texts, calls and emails can come at any hour. Clients expect fast responses, deals move quickly and weekends often fill up with showings and open houses. While being responsive is important, so is protecting your time and energy.…

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Mortgage rates ticked up this week but economists are also pointing to some positive news for housing this week: Purchase application activity is up nearly 20% over last year and for-sale inventory has reached its highest level in over five years–but affordability challenges continue.  According to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) released by…

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Mortgage rates ticked up this week but economists are also pointing to some positive news for housing this week: Purchase application activity is up nearly 20% over last year and for-sale inventory has reached its highest level in over five years–but affordability challenges continue.  According to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) released by…

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Mortgage rates rise for second-straight week. Is the spring selling season sunk?  USA Today

Home prices are still increasing, but annual growth has continued its cooling trend in April, according to Homes.com. Year-over-year median home prices increased by 1.3% in April, going from $380,000 to $385,000. According to Homes.com, a growing number of markets, especially in the Sun Belt, have experienced no growth or outright decline in home prices…

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Recent months have given homebuilders various reasons for caution: fickle implementation of tariffs which bring building material cost increases, and an uncertain economic outlook despite signs of a more buyer-friendly market.  But the latest data shows that homebuilders’ market confidence has reached a low point. The latest Housing Market Index (HMI)—published by the National Association…

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Deep into an affordability crunch, as one of the primary barriers to homeownership remains soaring costs, the urgent question is no longer where we are or how we got here, but where we are headed.  A new study conducted jointly by Realtor.com® and the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) seeks to answer this question by…

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