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When Zillow Hid Climate Risk Scores: The Clash Between Transparency, Market Forces & Insurance Costs

Zillow removed on-page climate risk scores fo...

Homeowners in high climate-risk areas now pay...

Escalating climate-driven catastrophes, such ...

The clash between Zillow’s retreat from visib...

Why Mortgage Rates Will Stay High in 2026: What Homebuyers Need to Know

Americas Forecast Residential Real Estate

Despite sizable Fed rate cuts, 30-year mortga...

A historically wide spread of roughly 2–2.5 p...

Quantitative tightening and the Fed’s reduced...

Unless the Fed resumes MBS reinvestment or in...

Weinstein & Saba’s Campaign Hits UK Investment Trusts: Demands, Pushback & Stakes

Europe M&A REITs

Boaz Weinstein’s Saba Capital has amassed lar...

Shareholders across the targeted trusts, led ...

Boards, industry groups, and regulators have ...

The clash spotlights rising retail voting pow...

EIB Backs €640M Spanish Urban Development Push: Affordable Housing & Sustainable Tourism

Europe FYI Real Estate

Addleshaw Goddard advised the European Invest...

The vehicle, part of the Regional Resilience ...

Per-project funding is capped at €22 million ...

Current allocations include €130 million to A...

Raj Somchand to Lead CBRE’s European Investment Banking Push into Cross-Border Real Estate

Europe Firms Real Estate

CBRE has appointed Raj Somchand as Head of Eu...

The hire aims to expand CBRE’s real estate in...

Somchand brings over 20 years of M&A, equity ...

This move forms part of CBRE’s broader leader...

December 2025 Stakes Rise: Investors Push More into Real Estate in Alternatives

Americas Markets Real Estate

Institutional allocators deployed about $10.9...

Real estate targets dipped slightly to roughl...

Investor conviction in real estate is improvi...

Institutions are tilting toward core/core-plu...

CCMP’s $1B Deal for BGIS Explained: Private Equity Moves & Deal Structure

Global M&A Real Estate

Brookfield Business Partners sold facilities ...

Brookfield owned 26% of BGIS and realized rou...

At transaction time, BGIS managed over 320 mi...

CCMP kept CEO Gord Hicks and the existing man...

CBRE Isn’t Going Private: $750M Debt, $1.2B Pearce Deal Signal Expansion

Americas Firms Real Estate

No credible evidence currently supports the E...

Recent filings show CBRE issued $750 million ...

CBRE also acquired Pearce Services for about ...

The $750 million debt issuance was likely mis...

Richard Blum’s Trust Dispute Reveals Estate Planning Gaps & Public Transparency Issues

Americas FYI Real Estate

Richard C. Blum, financier, philanthropist, a...

He built Blum Capital Partners and was a majo...

After his death, disputes arose over a 1996 m...

The contested trust is relatively small ($1–5...

Blum Capital’s Grand Del Mar Deal: Valuation Risks & Exit Options in Luxury Resorts

Americas M&A Real Estate

Blum Capital bought an 88% stake in San Diego...

Fairmont signed a long-term management deal a...

The resort is a large, full-amenity luxury as...

The City of San Diego is suing over about US$...