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Compass brokerage integrated services leader Cory Perkins is expanding his role to include the holding company's nine brands.

Compass remains in headlines this week as CEO Robert Reffkin addressed the industry’s “shifting stance on phased marketing” in the company’s recent Q1 2026 earnings call, as the brokerage touts new synergies and business growth from its recent acquisitions. Speaking to investors, Reffkin said that he and other Compass executives are “pleased to see several…

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"I want to create a national MLS to compete against local MLSs," Robert Reffkin said, while hinting at more MLS expansions to come.

Real Brokerage's acquisition of REMAX raised eyebrows, but the bigger questions are about franchise conflict and cannibalization risk.

Mortgage applications declined for a second week in a row as economists point to economic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions continuing to weigh on activity and drive mortgage rates up. According to the latest Market Composite Index from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA)—its measure of mortgage loan activity volume and includes purchases and refinances—decreased 4.4% on…

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Pro-Palestine group protests outside Israeli real estate event in New York  Al Jazeera

Iran war darkens mood for US property investors, survey shows  mpamag.com

New York real estate titan likens the phrase ‘tax the rich’ to racial slurs  The Guardian

King & Spalding adds two London partners in as many days  The Global Legal Post

The National Association of Realtors is calling on Congress to reject a White House budget proposal that would eliminate billions in federal housing funding.

News | JTRE promises 'next-generation' office as £400 million Southwark tower races towards completion  CoStar

EMEA real estate disposals hit €19.4bn in 2025  Green Street News

Home remodeling spending is expected to remain positive through early 2027, but growth will slow to a pace below overall inflation, according to new data from Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies.

The Keller Williams chairman argued that "the issue isn’t whether people know — it’s which people know, and who gets to decide who knows."

West of Toronto, high-end realtors sense a more animated market  The Globe and Mail

Shakespeare’s lost London home finally discovered after 400 years: A hidden life in Blackfriars, few hist  The Times of India

Big interview with London office provider Argyll’s Sarah Moulton  Property Week

Luxury Presence unveiled a revamped platform Wednesday that consolidates website, marketing, advertising and client relationship tools into a single AI-powered system.

Central London office take-up grows in first quarter as active demand reaches another new high  Savills

Chris Brown of Horizon Management on why the north is now a housing magnet  Property Week