National
Housing drives rise in construction spending October
A strong housing market continued to fuel construction spending this fall. Construction spending grew an estimated 1.3 percent in...
Residential Real Estate
National Issue
The Closing: Spencer Rascoff
Spencer Rascoff built the most consequential residential tech startup of a generation. As co-founder and former CEO of Zillow, he pioneered consumer access to home listings and price information, making his firm a platform...
National
Why Compass is going public now — and the obstacles it faces
Compass stepped closer to an IPO last week by tapping Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as underwriters. But the...
National
FTC sues to stop CoStar’s $585M RentPath buy
Federal regulators are looking to block CoStar’s $588 million purchase of troubled rental listing platform RentPath, which operates Rent.com...
Ryan Seacrest reaches for stars with $85M Beverly Hills listing
This…is a big listing. “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest has put his Beverly Hills home on the market for...
David Geffen sells “Billionaires Row” dev site for $34M
Billionaire entertainment mogul David Geffen sold a development site in Beverly Hills for $33.8 million, more than a year...
National
Pending home sales fall again as prices continue to rise
In another indication of a potential slowdown in the country’s hot housing market, an index tracking pending home sales...
National Issue
The mirage of low interest rates
Record-low interest rates have created an unprecedented opportunity for homebuyers. That’s the party line in the residential industry. But that’s not how things are playing out on the ground. Many buyers have little chance...
National Weekend Edition
Singapore luxury market rebounds despite fewer foreign buyers
Singapore’s housing market has rebounded from the lows brought on by the pandemic earlier this year, even with fewer...
National Weekend Edition
In remote work world, some tech CEOs are leaving Bay Area
Tech industry workers aren’t the only ones leaving San Francisco for new digs. So are their bosses. Several industry...