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Above, Rob Cleapor. Real estate is in the middle of massive consolidation.  Private equity, mega-franchises and roll-up strategies are reshaping the landscape at record speed. Brokerages are being absorbed. Local brands are disappearing. Decision-making is moving farther away from agents and the communities they serve and closer to corporate boardrooms.  The promise is efficiency and…

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AccountTECH, a leading provider of specialized accounting, financial intelligence, and benchmarking for real estate brokerages, has released new findings from its annual brokerage financial benchmark research, revealing a significant and sustained improvement in the percentage of real estate brokerages operating with positive EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization, a core profitability metric). Based…

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Victorian Industrial Charm Defines This £1M London Duplex  Mansion Global

Editor’s Note: The Mortgage Mix is RISMedia’s biweekly highlight reel of need-to-know mortgage-industry happenings. Watch for it every other Friday afternoon. – As the 2026 housing market gets underway, mortgage rates have been holding steady at around 6% during the latter half of January. Despite rates reaching near three-year lows, applications decreased during the week…

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Private listings have become one of the most widely debated topics in real estate today, with brokerages staking out clear positions on how they should be used. But for real estate professionals across the board, the guiding principle remains the same: doing what’s best for the seller.  During RISMedia’s Real Estate’s Rocking in the New…

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Brown Harris Stevens has announced that Raphael De Niro and the eight-person De Niro Team have joined the firm. De Niro began his career at Douglas Elliman, according to a release, where he spent more than two decades and became one of the most recognized names in New York City real estate, known for his…

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PropStream has announced the launch of PropStream Pros, its original video and podcast interview series, now available across all major streaming platforms, including YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music. Designed to educate and support real estate professionals, PropStream Pros features candid, unscripted conversations focused on real-world experience, practical insights and long-term success in today’s…

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The discourse around private listing policies has become a headline controversy over the past year, and with recent massive consolidation, the debate over limited marketing strategies is only going to become more important.  But as brokerages seek an advantage in the post commission-lawsuit landscape, simply being in favor of or against private listings doesn’t take…

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Alantra collects €60m for first close of European real estate debt fund  Real Estate Capital Europe

America's Top 10 Real Estate News: Recent US Real Estate & Home News  Yahoo Finance Singapore

The president made the announcement on Truth Social on Friday. Warsh will need to be confirmed by the Senate before taking up the central bank post.

RIU adds Second London Hotel  THP News

The 2026 Inman Power Players award celebrates industry leaders whose influence is shaping the future of real estate.

President Trump says he wants to drive housing prices up, not down  USA Today

President Donald Trump announced Friday morning his nomination of Kevin Warsh—a former Federal Reserve governor—to serve as the next chair of the Federal Reserve, replacing Jerome Powell, who was nominated by Trump during his first term and reappointed by former President Joe Biden. “I am pleased to announce that I am nominating Kevin Warsh to…

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In an Inman exclusive, the luxury CEO talked about the Compass-Anywhere merger, mortgage rates, and real estate consolidation. Serhant will be at Inman Connect next week.

London Investors Acquire Belfast Student Housing from Receivership  Global Student Living

A new quirk in the Threads algorithm showed Josh Ries that if you give leads too much information too early, you overwhelm them and lose them.

Art deco office building being transformed into hotel in City of London  PropertyWire

Even London’s ever-optimistic brokers see gloom for luxury homes  The Business Times