December 2025

PLACE names new leaders for growth, legal, and title strategy

Real estate platform PLACE is welcoming three new executives. On Monday, the firm announced the additions of Nikki Miller, Jamie Jatzlau and Claire Dunham to its leadership team.  Miller, who will serve as PLACE’s new vice president of growth, began her real estate industry career in 2014 as a sales associate at the Souferian Group, before going on to form the Nikki Miller Team at Keller Williams....

Producer for Britney Spears, Steve Aoki lists $10.75M Miami Beach mansion with a full recording studio

Miami Beach has no shortage of celebrity-adjacent real estate, but this newly listed Lakeview estate comes with a twist straight from the music world. The property belongs to Steven Walbroehl, per our sources, co-founder and CTO of Halborn and a creative force who has produced and written for artists including Britney Spears and Steve Aoki. And yes — the house comes with a full-blown professional...

Fashion designer Trina Turk lists “long-lost” John Lautner home in L.A.’s Echo Park

Los Angeles occasionally produces a real estate story that feels like a plot twist, and the rediscovery of the Jules Salkin Residence is one of them. Designed in 1948 by John Lautner, one of California’s most distinctive architectural voices, the home was considered “lost” for decades — known only through an archival model photographed and stored at the Getty. That changed in 2014, when the...

Dutch Investors Pour Record $4.2 Billion in New Rental Housing in 2025

The Netherlands' private residential investment sector is poised for a banner year in 2025, with Dutch investors committing a record $4.2 billion to new‑build rental housing -- double last year's total -- according to new analysis from Capital Value. The surge in capital is expected to deliver roughly 10,500 newly built rental homes, the majority earmarked for the country's strained mid‑rental and...

Loft47 launches automation and commission management platform for real estate teams

Loft47 — a back-office automation and commission management platform for real estate brokerages — has introduced a new product aimed specifically at teams. Loft47 for Teams is built to automate commissions, payouts and accounting workflows while giving team leaders real-time visibility into performance and profitability. “Real estate teams are running increasingly complex businesses within...

November mortgage lock data driven by strong refinance activity

Optimal Blue on Wednesday released its November 2025 Market Advantage report, which revealed that mortgage rate-lock activity slowed with typical late-fall seasonality but still posted the strongest November in four years. Total lock volume fell 25% from October but was up 17% from November 2024, driven by strong refinance activity and mortgage rates hovering near 6%. Rate-and-term refinances surged...

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