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What I Own: I have 8 properties but choose to live in this £750,000 London flat  Metro.co.uk

Gilson Gray appoints head of real estate for England  Bdaily

Award-winning Toronto home that feels like trip to Europe going for almost $5M  blogTO

Tune in to Inman Access as Vija Williams, head of industry at Place, offers tips for getting your team off the sidelines and into production.

Pope Leo’s childhood home goes on sale at US$250,000 starting bid  BNN Bloomberg

Despite a flood of new listings, buyers are cooling off from high prices, rising mortgage rates and economic uncertainty, according to new reports from Zillow and Redfin. Pending homes sales declined 3.4 percent year over year during the four weeks ending May 11, marking the lowest level for this time of the year since 2020.

The 14-agent team, which was previously affiliated with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices under a different team name, closed over $100 million in sales last year, and has closed more than $410 million since 2020.

RentSpree is working with TransUnion to improve how leasing agents and property managers determine a lease applicant’s background.

The University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment slipped to 50.8 in May, its second lowest reading ever, as Americans fretted about tariffs, inflation and the job market.

Lone Wolf began notifying customers of the popular customer relationship manager software's imminent shutdown "a few weeks ago," Lone Wolf CEO Jimmy Kelly told Inman exclusively.

A new Redfin report indicates that most consumers are still willing to pay for their real estate agents and that last year's NAR rules have had minimal impacts on agent pay.

As nearly everyone has weighed in on the commission issue, with no real consensus on exactly how recent policy changes will affect real estate agent pay, the Federal Reserve (Fed) this week put out its own analysis—concluding like so many others have, that it is too early to make any predictions about the National Association…

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After a herky-jerky few years, the housing market is at a major tipping point, according to the National Association of Realtors' May 2025 Housing and Affordability Report. The report, which is based on NAR and Realtor.com data, revealed the market needs at least 416,000 listings priced at or below $225,000 to make homeownership affordable to the typical middle-class household.

April's housing data underscores a challenging landscape for new construction, particularly in the single-family segment, and the privately-owned segment isn't far behind.

Housing starts saw some significant shifts in the single-family and multifamily sectors this month, which economists claim is a reaction from tariffs and other economic issues. The latest data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau found that overall housing starts were up 1.6% in April to a…

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Advice on transacting in USD when buying a property in London  Farrer & Co

Ever notice how real estate feels like riding a rollercoaster blindfolded? One day, buyers are fired up. Next, they’re frozen. Add in inflation news, election-year noise and the Fed’s mixed signals, and suddenly, even seasoned agents are asking: “What now?” Here’s the thing…market moods are nothing new. But in a world where TikTok headlines hit…

The post Op-Ed: Confidence or Chaos? What Agents Need to Know When Markets Get Moody appeared first on RISMedia.

Ever notice how real estate feels like riding a rollercoaster blindfolded? One day, buyers are fired up. Next, they’re frozen. Add in inflation news, election-year noise and the Fed’s mixed signals, and suddenly, even seasoned agents are asking: “What now?” Here’s the thing…market moods are nothing new. But in a world where TikTok headlines hit…

The post Confidence or Chaos? What Agents Need to Know When Markets Get Moody appeared first on RISMedia.

Elkstone: Ireland needs IDA-style agency for global real estate funds to fix housing crisis  Business Post

Prime Dublin real estate assets managed by Mel Sutcliffe’s Quanta Capital placed under receivership  Business Post