With President Biden bowing out, and Kamala Harris now the likely Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election, real estate practitioners will want to know where she stands on key housing issues. After all, it’s hard to understand a leader without understanding the context of her career (Harris didn’t just fall out of a coconut…

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What region of the country is seeing the most booming real estate market? While the South seems to be the obvious answer currently—with lower taxes and booming industries a natural draw to homebuyers—data suggests 17 out of 20 Sun Belt states are actually overvalued, a tell that a market at least isn’t cold.  Research by…

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Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s weekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it each Friday afternoon. -A rule to create more standards and quality controls for automated value models (AVMs) that are used in mortgages was finalized earlier this month. The changers were originally championed by Vice President Kamala Harris in…

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The Games have not drawn as much international traffic as Paris anticipated, but the city's visibility may draw luxury clients hopping on the 'quiet luxury' trend that's swept real estate.

The personal consumption expenditures price index (PCE) increased 0.1% in June (slightly up from May’s 0% monthly change) and was up 2.5% from a year ago, according to estimates released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis on July 26, with the annual rate showing a slight decline from the prior month. The results bode…

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Consumers continued to keep their economic hopes in check in July, as sentiment readings continue to slowly decrease. Consumer sentiment fell 2.6% in July, from 68.2 in June to 66.4, according to the University of Michigan’s latest report. This is the fifth straight month of decreases, with a 0.5% decrease in March, a 1.9% fall in…

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The Arc in London’s Fintech District Celebrates Strong Asian Connections as It Opens Its Doors  Yahoo Finance

The Arc in London’s Fintech District Celebrates Strong Asian Connections as It Opens Its Doors  Taiwan News

Unsold new homes just hit an all-time high in the US South. Here’s why.  Yahoo Finance

Real estate software company MoxiWorks has been building its 150-plus member MoxiCloud network for years to help users solve challenges its products may not address. The latest to be selected is SOCi, a powerful online marketing solution.

A sweet deal: Pricey central London pad once owned by Lord Sugar goes up for sale  Yahoo Finance UK

James Kaminsky, the former Realtor.com® and current CoStar Group employee in the middle of a data-theft lawsuit between two real estate portal giants, Realtor.com (owned by Move, Inc.) and CoStar’s Homes.com, on July 25 provided his side of the story in a court filing, writing that while he did access documents and information from Move,…

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CBRE named fund accounting partner for UBS Asset Management’s U.S. direct real estate business  Institutional Real Estate, Inc.

News | Europe Real Estate Investment Up 10% in 2024  CoStar Group

Belgian logistics real estate player WDP gets €250 million EIB loan to expand green energy infrastructure at sites across Europe  Agenparl

Vatican real estate scandal: trial concludes in London, sentence expected in October  ROME REPORTS TV News Agency

U.S. home prices hit a record high as sales fell. Here’s how housing experts explain the trends  Washington State Standard

United States - Real Estate - Ivy City: Draft Small Area Plan Released For Public Comment  Mondaq News Alerts