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Workspace Group considering sale of most valuable London office  The Real Deal

Twenty years ago, Zillow’s first marketing move was a product that solved a real problem and got people talking—neighbors comparing Zestimates, consumers saying, “I found this on Zillow” to their agents. No Super Bowl ad. No massive media budget. No TV campaign. That word-of-mouth wasn’t an accident. Every feature had to pass one test: would…

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Mansion with 47 acres, luxury finishes listed for $4.5M near London  London Free Press

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) delivered what CEO Mat Ishbia called an “exceptional quarter,” reporting loan origination volume of $44.9 billion for Q1 2026, up 39% year-over-year and marking the company’s second-highest first quarter in company history. The Michigan-based wholesale lender reported total revenue of $901.4 million, net income of $170.4 million and adjusted EBITDA of…

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The reality of being a real estate agent can be brutal. Your phone buzzes at 9:00 p.m. with a client question. You get a text early on a Sunday morning about a showing. Your family dinner gets interrupted by an appraisal that needs attention. Sound familiar? Real estate agents sacrifice a lot for their careers,…

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As a real estate agent, you know motivated seller leads are the foundation of your business. But what if you’re overlooking one of the highest-value opportunities? Meet the “tired landlord.” Tired landlords have likely held a property for 15 or more years and may be overwhelmed or frustrated with the difficulties of property management. Identifying…

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A broker called me last week and said something I haven’t stopped thinking about. “Jemila, I think I built the wrong thing.” She wasn’t talking about her production. She wasn’t talking about her market share. She was talking about the structure underneath all of it. Whether the business she’d spent a decade building would still…

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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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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

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

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