July 2026

CyrusOne widens spreads on data center CMBS deal

Rebuilding Together and Wells Fargo Renew Commitment to Housing Preservation and Home Repair Efforts Nationwide

$1.1 million investment will support critical home repairs in 30 communities, helping more than 70 households WASHINGTON, July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Across the country, many homeowners struggle to afford the critica…

Shilo rolls out autonomous 1:1 AI coaching for agent calls

Shilo , an AI conversation analysis platform for real estate and mortgage teams, has launched 1:1 Coaching, an autonomous AI sales coach that conducts voice-to-voice one-on-one sessions with agents without a manager p…

DLC acquires Grapevine Crossing shopping center

Texas firm makes first North Carolina buy with $25M High Point industrial park deal

Bonaventure Fully Subscribes Multifamily DST Offerings, Raises More Than $54M

Bonaventure announced the full subscription and closing of two DST offerings for Promenade Pointe, a 183-unit waterfront multifamily community in Norfolk, and Messenger Place, a 94-unit multifamily community in downto…

SF leads nation in trimming office vacancy rate as AI drives demand: CBRE

K2 Space Opens Engineering Office in Seattle Region

TORRANCE, Calif., July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- K2 Space, a startup that designs and manufactures large, high-power satellites, announced today that it is establishing an expansion office in the greater Seattle region.…

Zar Property NY Buys 118 West 22nd Street for $28M

A GFP Real Estate -managed mixed-use building in Manhattan’s Flatiron District has changed hands. GFP manages the 12-story property at 118 West 22nd Street for owner Adlie Associates , which sold the building to Zar P…

Rithm Capital brings $415m Manhattan office tower securitization

Zillow injunction hearing opens in MRED antitrust case

A two-day hearing regarding Zillow ’s preliminary injunction motion in its ongoing antitrust battle with Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) and Compass International Holdings kicked off Wednesday morning in federal court…

Three Phoenix Golf Courses Change Hands for $57M

Thompson Golf Group (TGG) sold three Phoenix-area golf courses but will stick around and manage the courses. The Walden Group was the buyer of Longbow Golf Club, Power Ranch Golf Club and Dove Valley Ranch Golf Club.…

Tilt Acquires Blipay, Bringing Its Proven International Credit Model to Brazil

Brazilian salary-advance lender adds 6 million users and marks Tilt's fourth market entry outside the United States SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Tilt, a leader in cash flow underwriting and a pioneer in…

Birthright citizenship ruling could boost homebuying confidence

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision preserving birthright citizenship is unlikely to produce an immediate surge in home sales, but it could bolster something the housing market has lacked — confidence. For many af…

73K-SF Self-Storage Property SecureSpace Seattle Skyway Opens

SecureSpace S elf Storage, a self-storage platform with locations across key urban markets in the U.S., has opened its newest location at 5890 South 129th Street in Seattle, Washington. Now rebranded as SecureSpace Se…

Trust & Will report finds growing demand for adviser-led estate planning

A growing share of Americans now expect financial advisers to handle estate planning, and many would consider switching firms if they do not, according to Trust & Will ‘s 2026 Financial Advisor Report. The surve…

KSA Business: Al Ramz, Oud Capital to launch $267m Saudi real estate fund

For $8.5M, you can own an office building whose mind-boggling shape made it a landmark

Prologis Acquires 26 Acres in Glendale Heights for 454K-SF Development

Prologis has acquired 26.19 acres of land in Glendale Heights, comprising 25.56 acres at 375 Army Trail Road and a 0.6-acre portion of 400 Regency Drive. Plans call for the speculative development of two logistics fac…

Is NAR damaging its trust with the membership?

A lawsuit about private listings and NAR’s clear cooperation policy just turned into a fight about harassment victims’ privacy. That turn did not come from the plaintiffs. It came from the National Associa…

NAIOP Southern Nevada Changes Name to Reflect Expanded Scope and Evolution of the Commercial Real Estate Industry

New York Investor Pays $36.6M For Shopping Center In Charlotte

Finance of America widens lead as top HECM lender in June

Finance of America (FOA) remained the top Home Equity Conversion Mortgage ( HECM ) lender in June 2026 as overall direct retail endorsements increased modestly from May but continued to trail last year’s pace, accordi…

Cord Meyer Development, Saber Real Estate North break ground on White Plains apartment complex

Amazon’s latest complex rises outside of Amsterdam

Turning Empty Floors Into New Homes

AI engineers and testing: how Suffolk adds tech to its workflows

Doug Harrison, vice president of corporate operations for the builder, emphasized that consistent technology implementation is important to capture meaningful data.

New Tenants Now Fully Occupy Former 3.5M-SF Shreveport GM Plant

Industrial Realty Group, LLC (IRG) announced that its tenant, SLB expanded its operations at IRG’s Shreveport Business Park campus, occupying a total of 3.1 million square feet, taking the balance of the remaini…

Lincoln Property, J.P. Morgan Acquire 962K-SF Wakefield Office Campus

Lincoln Property Company, in partnership with investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, today announced the closing of The Edge, a 962,000-square-foot office campus in Wakefield, MA, north of Boston. The sell…

Covenant Makes Follow-On Investment in Hill Research, Citing Fourfold Revenue Growth and Accelerating Market Adoption

Covenant's second commitment to Hill Research signals sustained conviction in a high-growth portfolio company operating at the intersection of artificial intelligence and life sciences. PRINCETON, N.J., July 1, 2026 /…

Mall at Wellington Green's vacant Nordstrom could be converted into 620-unit apartment complex

Rio Capital Purchases 95K-SF Aurora Shopping Center

Rio Capital Investments purchased Plaza West at Aurora Town Center, a 95,000 square foot shopping center at 13670 E. Alameda Ave., for $15.7 million. The Denver Business Journal reports its acquisition of Plaza West a…

The Inner Circle acknowledges Ryan Bradford as an Inner Circle Lifetime

BUCKHEAD, Ga., July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, Ryan Bradford is acknowledged as an Inner Circle Lifetime for his contributions to Multifamily Development and Construction Managem…

The Tale of 2 Markets in Single-Tenant Net Lease

Introducing the 2026 Women of Influence

HousingWire is proud to recognize the 2026 Women of Influence honorees, celebrating 100 leaders whose expertise, vision and leadership continue to shape the housing industry. Now in its 17th year, the Women of Influen…

Shorenstein Acquires Moore Building in Nashville's Iconic Music Row District

Acquisition Reflects Firm's Continued Focus on High-Quality Assets in High-Growth Office Submarkets SAN FRANCISCO, July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Shorenstein Investment Advisers ("Shorenstein"), an owner and operator of…

Commercial Real Estate Development Association: market evolves with changing communities

GM Lands Nearly 340,000 SQFT Palo Alto Campus at Stanford Research Park, Picking Broadcom Site Over Sunnyvale

General Motors has signed a lease for nearly 340,000 square feet at the former Broadcom campus in Palo Alto’s Stanford Research Park, ending months of speculation and steering its Bay Area consolidation toward Stanfor…

Multiple lawsuits claim Hometap violated TILA in HEI contracts

Boston-based home equity investment ( HEI ) provider Hometap is facing multiple lawsuits from customers claiming that the company has violated the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and is promoting a “predatory and ab…

JPI to Start Work on $90M Austin Apartment Project

JPI has closed on a 9.32-acre site in Austin, Texas, where it will build Jefferson Pearson Ranch, a $90 million, 342-unit, Class A community in the Pearson Ranch mixed-use development. The Dallas-based company is sche…

Obra Supplies $31M Refi on Arizona Northrop Grumman-Leased Office Property

Silver Creek Development has secured $31.4 million of bridge debt to refinance a single-tenant office complex in suburban Phoenix, Commercial Observer has learned Obra Real Estate provided the loan for the developer’s…

IKEA U.S. Expands Pride Month Commitment With Donations Supporting Affirming Care, Housing Security, And Belonging

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As Pride Month comes to a close, IKEA U.S. is deepening its commitment to belonging and allyship with three new donations that expand access to affirming mental health c…

Manhattan’s Office Leasing Reaches Velocity Not Seen Since 2002: Report

Manhattan’s office leasing in the first half of 2026 was one for the books. The past two quarters counted just under 23 million square feet of office leases, according to Colliers ’ second-quarter office report, in wh…

Miami’s Office Leasing Jumps Nearly 45% in Q2

Miami-Dade County’s office market remains strong as companies compete for premium office space, pushing rents to record highs as vacancy continues to tighten. Availability fell to 14.9 percent, down from 17.1 pe…

HelloNation Article Featuring Real Estate Experts Holly Abel Grimm and Rich Grimm Explains What Buyers Examine When Selling Land in Eastern Ohio

The article outlines how access, utilities, surveys, and zoning concerns shape rural land sales across Eastern Ohio. NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio, July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- What do rural land buyers really care about whe…

Antinozzi Group returns to Compass in Houston

The Houston-based Antinozzi Group has returned to Compass after a stint at REMAX , according to an announcement on Wednesday. In 2025, the team closed 35 transaction sides totaling $30.80 million in sales volume, earn…

Fairfield Completes 14-Story Houston Multifamily Tower

Fairfield Residential delivered 1010 Waugh, a 14-story, 340-unit luxury multifamily community in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood. The company will also manage the property at 1010 Waugh Drive. The concrete- and steel-…

GSEs release historical FICO 10T data, expand VantageScore 4.0 file

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Wednesday released historical credit score data for FICO Score 10T and additional data for VantageScore 4.0, giving lenders a window into how the new models perform compared to the legacy…

Doug Kennedy’s Next Staff Training Webcast: Proactive, Polite, and Productive Hotel Sales Prospecting

Doug Kennedy's free July 24 webcast covers proactive hotel sales prospecting habits, CRM use, and warm-calling tactics, with future sessions on humanification and upselling.

Starwood Capital Group Closes $10.2B Opportunistic Fund for Data Center Investment

Barry Sternlicht wants an even bigger piece of the expanding data center pie. Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital Group announced Wednesday that it closed a $10.2 billion opportunistic real estate fund to invest in resident…