National Weekend Edition
John Wayne’s former Riverside County ranch relists for $8M
A sprawling Riverside County ranch once owned by actor John Wayne is back on the market for $8 million....
Residential Real Estate
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Compass eyes IPO in 2021
Compass has tapped underwriters for a potential public offering that would be among the most buzzed-about IPOs in the residential world. The SoftBank-backed firm, which jolted traditional brokerages when it launched eight years ago,...
Avril Lavigne buys Malibu home Scott Gillen rebuilt
Avril Lavigne has purchased a Malibu home that luxury spec developer Scott Gillen renovated. The singer paid $7.8 million...
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Single-family home sales dip in October, but up 41% from last year
Sales of new, single-family homes ebbed last month, but are still far ahead of where they were a year...
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Mortgage requests surge ahead of Thanksgiving
As the holiday season kicked off, buyers and homeowners got hungry for home financing. An index tracking the number...
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Watch out Zillow, here comes CoStar
Having cornered commercial real estate, CoStar has a new target. The data giant’s $250 million purchase of Homesnap, announced Sunday, gives it a foothold in residential sales, where it will go head-to-head with Zillow,...
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner prepare NJ home for arrival
New Jersey could be getting some part-time neighbors back on a full-time basis. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are...
Rents are down and out in LA; surrounding counties see bump
Upending a long-standing norm, it’s now cheaper to rent an apartment in Los Angeles County, but pricier in San...
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Home insurance startup Hippo raises $350M
Home insurance startup Hippo has raised $350 million from Japanese insurance giant Mitsui Sumitomo. The deal comes just four months after the online insurance firm raised $150 million, valuing the company at $1.5 billion....
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US home prices surged 6.6% in September
Housing prices continue to soar into the fall. Prices increased 6.6 percent year-over-year in September, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index, which tracks the housing market in 20 cities including New...