| | Which U.S. cities are seeing home prices fall fastest? | | - | Listing prices per square foot fell fastest in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, down 8.1% year over year in August. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, dropped 5.6%, followed by Memphis, TN-MS-AR, at 4.1%. | | - | Buyers had more room to negotiate as prices fell in 36 of the 50 largest metros. High mortgage rates and more inventory pushed sellers to reset expectations. |
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| | Reframe, a homebuilding microfactory company, landed $40 million, with Energy Impact leading the round. | | OneDome, a British home-financing company, brought in $25 million in Pre-Series C funding. | | Reapit, a British real estate agent workflow platform, secured £20 million, with Accel-KKR leading the round. | | SplitPay, a rent and mortgage payment startup, closed $125 million in Series A funding, with Khosla leading the round. | | Inspiren, a senior living management platform, landed $70 million in Series C funding, with NewView leading the round. | | Wint, an Israeli multifamily water-leak detection company, brought in $36 million in Series D funding, with LIP leading the round. |
| | | | Why landlords are showing more interest in medical offices | | - | Medical office construction is at a decade low and national vacancy is near 7.5%, leaving landlords with more pricing power and drawing investor competition. | | - | Specialized buildouts and the disruption of moving patients make medical tenants less likely to relocate, giving owners an advantage at renewal. |
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| | | Which U.S. markets are leading the data center boom? | | - | Loudoun County, VA, leads the U.S. with 213 data centers. Santa Clara County, CA, is second with 75 and is growing fastest among the five biggest hubs. | | - | The boom is raising nearby property values and demand. Half of surveyed agents see higher site values, and 42% see more demand, especially for industrial property and land. |
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| | | Out-of-market rental searches reveal where apartment demand is building | | - | Raleigh, NC, leads out-of-market rental interest, with 59% of views coming from outside the metro. Hartford, CT, ranks second at 55.1%, followed by New Orleans, LA, at 53.7%. | | - | Buffalo, NY, Chicago, IL, and Houston, TX, posted the fastest annual growth in outside search share. Searches are not leases, but they give multifamily investors an early signal of potential renter inflows. |
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| | | Multifamily permitting is surging on the coasts as the Sun Belt slows | | - | New apartment construction is shifting from the Sun Belt to the coasts. Permits jumped 47.9% in the New York metro and 97.8% in the Los Angeles metro. | | - | Dallas, TX, and Houston, TX, each lost about 1,850 permitted units. Existing landlords there may face less competition from new apartments. |
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| | | | How dorm rooms became a $14 billion retail opportunity | | - | Furnishing dorms and apartments is a $14 billion market, now the second-largest category in 2026 back-to-college spending after electronics. | | - | June and July visits rose 20.2% at IKEA and 17.5% at HomeGoods, supporting short-term leases and percentage-rent deals in college retail corridors. |
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