Real Estate
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278 articles
Onyx Partners renews $934M bid for 117 J.C. Penney store properties
The private equity firm, whose earlier offer for roughly 120 stores collapsed last year, is back with $934 million and a...
Norges Bank Buys Balkany Family's Spanish Shopping Centres for €1.52bn in All-Cash Deal
Norway's sovereign fund and Sonae Sierra have bought eight Spanish malls for €1.52bn without bank financing — one of Spa...
Geneva Landlord Must Repay €207,000 After Quadrupling Rent on Unapproved Renovation
A Geneva landlord quadrupled a flat's rent after renovating it without permits, claiming it was now a luxury property. S...
Dordogne Landlord Camps in Caravan Outside His Own Home to Force Tenants Out
A Bergerac landlord who wanted his renovated house back ended up living in a caravan outside it and cutting off water an...
Grândola Overtakes Lisbon and Cascais as Portugal's Priciest Coastal Luxury Market
Grândola tops idealista's Q2 2026 ranking of Portugal's costliest coastal luxury markets at €14,286/sqm, ahead of Castro...
Sonae Sierra, Norway's sovereign fund team up for €1.5bn Spanish shopping centre deal
A new joint venture between Sonae Sierra and Norges Bank Investment Management will buy eight Spanish shopping centres w...
Italy's Underrated Property Towns: Where Prices Stay Low and Yields Run High
Realtor Jacopo Tartaglia maps Italy's overlooked markets — from Lake Idro to Genoa — where prices are a fraction of hots...
Slovak Developer Builds 43-Home Tatras Community in Phases to Limit Risk
A Slovak developer is building a 43-home community in Nová Lesná in stages, betting that low-density, carefully financed...
Jim D'Amico Takes Part Ownership of Corcoran Premier Realty
Brands by Integra chairman Jim D'Amico buys into the Orlando-area luxury brokerage, bringing a 20-state housing services...
Why Tokyo's Minato Ward Older Condos Are Holding Value Better Than New Ones
Inventory data from Tokyo's Minato Ward show price adjustments concentrated in newer, investment-driven condos, while ol...
Hong Kong New-Home Weekend Sales Slump 74% as Kam Tin Project Sells Just 35% of Units
The city's primary market logged roughly 60 deals in the first August weekend — down 74% week on week — while Sun Hung K...
Terra Developers Buys Upper West Side Building for $28M, Eyeing Condo Conversion
Terra Developers paid $28M for a Gristedes-anchored Upper West Side building whose 12 apartments have sat vacant for 30 ...
L.A. Property Values Hit $2.27T as Multifamily Rebounds and Office Distress Lingers
Commercial Observer's latest L.A. coverage shows property values at $2.27 trillion, retail investment up 62% in H1 2026,...
JVP Self-Finances 115K SF Spec Office in Frisco in $37M Bet on DFW Demand
JVP Development broke ground on a $36.9M self-financed speculative office building in Frisco, betting on DFW demand even...
Property Management's AI Wave Threatens Half a Million U.S. Jobs
AI tools are automating leasing, invoicing and resident outreach — and firms like Equity Residential are already cutting...
Executives: Falling Household Formation, Migration Are Reshaping US Housing Demand
PulteGroup, Cortland and Invitation Homes leaders see record-low household formation and shifting migration patterns red...
Nonprofit Launches Bid to Turn Westlake Theatre Into Community Arts Hub
A century-old Westlake movie palace could become a community arts center, but Strindberg Laboratory must first raise $6M...
Michael Stern's Miami Projects Face Foreclosure and Lawsuits as Rescue Talks Advance
JDS Development's Mercedes-Benz Places faces foreclosure and a mounting list of lawsuits, while founder Michael Stern se...
Why Southampton Is Spending $25.8M to Open Billionaire's Lane to the Public
Southampton Town will demolish a $25.8M oceanfront estate on Meadow Lane, restore the dunes and open public beach access...
TV Mogul Heir Andy Ansin Bets Family Fortune on South Florida Megaprojects
WSVN owner Andy Ansin is self-financing two of South Florida's largest mixed-use bets — a 3.2M-sq-ft 'mini-city' in Mira...
Ex-rental broker Igal Feibush's $15B bet on Pennsylvania AI data centers
The former Citi Habitats co-founder turned a Carlisle, Pennsylvania horse farm into PAX-1, one of the state's largest pr...
Convicted Landlord's Deed-Theft Empire Shows How Easily Fraud Becomes Legal Title
Joseph Makhani stole Harlem brownstones through forged deeds, quiet-title suits and $10 price tags. His conviction expos...
Is New York's Office-to-Residential Boom Facing a Crackdown?
A stop-work order at SL Green's Midtown conversion — quickly reversed — has developers asking whether one-off incidents ...
Ken Lui Predicts Hong Kong Home Prices Fall 20% Over 18 Months as CCL Heads Below 130
Columnist Ken Lui sees the CCL falling below 150 in 2026 and 130 in 2027, a ~20% slide, as high US yields and weak rents...
Hrithik Roshan Leases Andheri Office Space to Clearsynth Labs at ₹17 Lakh a Month
Hrithik Roshan has signed a five-year lease for a 6,000 sq ft office in Andheri West with Clearsynth Labs, at ₹17 lakh a...
Romanian Residential Developers Secure Over €500M in Corporate Financing in 2026
Banks approved an estimated €500 million-plus in corporate financing for Romanian residential projects in 2026's first s...
Why This New Yorker Won't Give Up Her $2,000 Rent-Stabilized West Village Apartment
A New Yorker raised in a rent-stabilized West Village one-bedroom pays about $2,000 a month — thousands below market rat...
Three Australian property markets where population growth meets thin supply
An investor-led FY27 outlook argues outperformance will come from Brisbane, select Melbourne pockets and diversified reg...
Heat Waves Are Starting to Reshape Where Spaniards Buy Homes
A fifth of Spaniards say extreme heat has already pushed them to move or look elsewhere, as thermal comfort joins price ...
YIT Slovakia's New CEO Maps Out State Ties, Košice Entry and a 1,700-Apartment Bet
YIT Slovakia's new chief Patrik Golský is moving beyond Bratislava — into state cooperation, Košice and foreign markets ...