A sharp divide is emerging in the U.S. office market: companies are shedding secondary space while doubling down on premium buildings in central business districts, underscoring a renewed willingness to pay for workplaces that can justify the commute. That's the central finding of a new report from CBRE, which analyzed the 100 largest office leases signed in 2025. The data show a decisive tilt toward...
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Republican lawmakers in Kentucky sought to put the state on the housing reform map with sweeping legislation to boost construction and curb rising costs. But the package collapsed in the final hours of the state’s legislative session this week, and housing advocates warn the state’s housing shortage will deepen without swift action. Kentucky’s failure shows how difficult housing politics remain...
Growing up in poverty in Chicago, Realty of America founder and CEO Eddie Garcia, remembers going to the Archdiocese of Chicago on Tuesdays each week as a child to pick up a small box of food for his family. “I came from extreme poverty,” Garcia said. “Both of my parents were homeless, living under highway overpasses in Mexico City. We came to America when I was three, and we arrived to a...
Foreclosure activity accelerated in the first quarter of 2026, with signs of mounting operational pressure for mortgage servicers and downstream vendors, according to ATTOM’s latest U.S. Foreclosure Market Report and insights from industry executives. While overall foreclosure volumes remain below pre-Great Recession peaks, starts, completions and real estate-owned (REO) inventories are climbing,...
The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) has launched an eight-city Affordable Homeownership Bus Tour aimed at closing the Black homeownership gap by bringing housing education, lending resources and policy conversations directly into local communities. The tour, led by NAREB President Ashley Thomas III, will visit Philadelphia; Baltimore; Detroit; Gary, Indiana; Kansas City, Missouri;...
Virtual staging — once a simple tool for digitally adding furniture — is rapidly evolving into a powerful and sometimes controversial force in real estate marketing as artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes what’s possible. To understand where the line is drawn between enhancement and misrepresentation, it helps to start with the people who enforce the rules. Edward Zorn, vice president and...
Nestled in the mountains of Malibu, California, this 1970s home blends Spanish Revival and Rancho California architectural styles. But a 1990s kitchen remodel had disrupted that harmony, leaving the space feeling disconnected from the home’s roots.The homeowners, an empty-nest...
Image EPRI’s Steven Rose recommends treating investments in electrification, resilience, and on-site generation as risk management...
Fitwel announced its 2026 Best in Building Health® winners, celebrating organizations that are embedding health as a long-term strategy for protecting asset value, managing risk, and strengthening portfolio...
Image . Real estate, and REITs in particular, play an important part of the alternative investment landscape, Sharma...
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