Prologis Announces Tax Treatment of 2022 Dividends  PR Newswire

Scottsdale real estate firm HomeSmart acquires Georgia brokerage with 2K agents  The Business Journals

Potawatomi Business Development Corp. opening downtown office ...  The Business Journals

File an abatement to request reduction of yearly real estate taxes  WWLP.com

US equity REIT capital offerings plunged over 46% in 2022  S&P Global

Raleigh ranked 2nd in US for biggest increases in housing prices  WNCT

Fitch Affirms JLL Real Estate Capital's Commercial Primary Servicer ...  Fitch Ratings

Nine Must Reads for CRE Investors on Jan. 27, 2022  Wealth Management

Whole Foods-anchored retail center in Arizona trades to Sunbelt ...  JLL

Quinn Emanuel Attorneys Beat Back DOJ Bid to Reopen Real Estate ...  Law.com

Above: HomeSmart Founder & CEO Matt Widdows HomeSmart has announced its acquisition of metro Atlanta-based brokerage Solid Source Real Estate Companies and its nearly 2,000 agents.  The company says this latest acquisition makes HomeSmart the leading transaction-fee brokerage in Georgia in the following categories based on 2022 metrics:  Agent count 4,047  Transaction sides 11,021  Sales…

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New home sales continued to grow in December, rising 2.3% from November’s rate of 602,000 to 616,000, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. New home sales have been continuously rising since October, increasing by 7.5% from September to October before increasing 5.8% from October…

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The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.13% this week, a slight tick down from last week’s dip to 6.15%, according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), from Freddie Mac. This week’s numbers: 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.13% as of January 26, 2023, down from last week when it averaged 6.15%. A year ago…

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John Stanaland, a top OC real estate agent, exits Villa Real Estate for Douglas Elliman  OCRegister

Saudi Arabia leads Middle East's luxury property buyers in London  Al-Monitor

Raleigh ranked 2nd in US for biggest increases in housing prices  WAVY.com

Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. taking Bethune Lofts from apartments to ...  Buffalo Business First

Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. taking Bethune Lofts from apartments to ...  The Business Journals

"We are really not in the real estate business…We’re in the relationship business,” said luxury broker Dolly Lenz at the final session of Inman Connect New York on Thursday.