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Co-Ownership expands support for Northern Ireland home buyers amid rising property prices  Love Ballymena

Spain, Italy, Portugal and more to See Room00’s Four Hundred Million Euro Expansion as Hybrid Hospitality Brand Accelerates Growth Across Europe  Travel And Tour World

Finland plans to ban real estate sales to Russians  Apa.az

Rich Americans Are Turning to Second Passports To Protect Their Wealth  MySA

Former CEO Wendy DiVecchio filed suit in February, saying she was wrongfully terminated and her reputation damaged after a prolonged and mysterious investigation that hasn't been made public.

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Century 21 Real Estate LLC has announced the affiliation of female-owned and led brokerage Realty 1 Georgia—now doing business as CENTURY 21 Realty 1 Professionals. The multi-office brokerage was established in February of 2020 by current broker/owner Angela Whitmire. Working in the industry since she was 18-years-old, Whitmire has grown the brokerage to two locations…

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Douglas Elliman—the luxury brokerage struggling with fallout involving former agents and executives—has reportedly received a bid from competitor Anywhere Real Estate, which would more than double Elliman’s current stock price.  According to several media reports, Anywhere’s bid would place Douglas Elliman at a value of more than $4 a share. With the luxury brokerage’s stock…

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US Financials Edge Up As Real Estate Sees Mixed Results  Finimize

Above, Lacey Conway Compass, Inc. has announced the appointment of Lacey Conway to lead its Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) team as Executive Vice President of M&A. The company stated in a release that this strategic leadership move reinforces its commitment to thoughtful growth and scaling its industry-leading agent support, while capitalizing on its deep bench…

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NCA freezes £90m of London property linked to former Bangladesh regime  The Guardian

Meet The Only Solo Female Founder Of A UK Property Brokerage  Bisnow

The sweeping bill was passed in the House on Thursday and now heads to the Senate for consideration. Industry players were pleased by some of the bill's business-friendly tax provisions and other measures that may aid in homebuyer affordability.

Sales of newly constructed single-family homes were up in April, per the latest findings from the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development. New single-family homes sold at a seasonally adjusted rate of 743,000 in April, up 10.9% from the revised March figure of 670,000. This is also a 3.3% annual increase…

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Homebuyers are becoming skittish, with economic uncertainty and shifting market dynamics causing more deals to fall through at the last minute. This hesitation is showing up in the data, as buyers are increasingly walking away from agreements, even after going under contract. According to new data from Redfin, home purchase cancellations reached their second-highest April…

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Sales of newly built single-family homes rose in April, pointing to continued buyer engagement during the spring homebuying season, the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) suggests. New residential sales increased 10.9 percent from March to a seasonally adjusted rate of 743,000 units. That's also a 3.3 percent boost over the April 2024 pace of 719,000 units.

These 4 Massachusetts cities are among the best places to live in the U.S.  Boston.com

In an exclusive interview with Inman, Hoby Hanna said "blindly adopting" NAR's nationwide MLS policies risks more antitrust litigation — and his company "can't continue" to comply with CCP.

As the United States faces a growing housing crisis, the need for bold solutions has never been more urgent. The formation of the new Joint Task Force by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) to identify public land suitable for housing development highlights the need for…

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