Residential Real Estate’s Top Stories of 2025

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These were residential real estate’s top stories of 2025

Gencom’s Karim Alibhai, Highgate co-founder Mahmood Khimji and Argent Ventures' Andrew Penson with the InterContinental New York Times Square; Cain International's Jonathan Goldstein with the Edition Clocktower Hotel at 5 Madison Avenue

Commercial

Nine-figure deals power luxury hotel market to strong 2025 finish

Politics

Trump’s long-awaited “gold card” visa program goes live

Three-peat: Fed cuts interest rates by another quarter-point

Mayor Cherelle Parker and Superintendent Tony Watlington with Ada Lewis Middle School

Philadelphia

Philly school board weighs handing vacant campuses to city for housing push

President Donald Trump and National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States president Carol Quillen with White House East Wing renderings

Washington D.C.

Preservation group sues Trump over White House ballroom

Mayor Michelle Wu and HUD secretary Scott Turner

Boston

HUD investigating Boston’s housing policies, alleges reverse racism

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon with Lincoln Property co-CEOs David Binswanger and Clay Duvall with the Luke Field buildings

Phoenix

Lincoln Property, Goldman Sachs land largest Arizona industrial building sale of 2025

Goodman Real Estate chairman John Goodman, Jeff Jensen of Fox Island, Pacific Walk Townhomes at 8333 32nd Ave. S.

Seattle

Goodman Real Estate unloads more Seattle-area residences

Tidal Real Estate Partners CEO Mick Walsdorf with 1110 Porter Street in Nashville TN

Nashville

Developer of Nashville Edition lands $400M in construction financing

Senators Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren and Representative French Hill

House GOP scraps bipartisan housing act from defense bill

Atlanta

Alliance Residential buys 11 acres in Peachtree Corners near Atlanta, with more multifamily plans

Douglas Elliman’s Manny and George Sarkis of the Sarkis Team

Massachusetts brokers launch team-owned private listing network

JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon, Hines co-CEO Laura Hines-Pierce and 700 Atlantic Avenue in Boston

JPMorgan nears blockbuster lease in Boston’s South Station Tower 

1710 16th Street NW in Washington, D.C. and Silverstone Group principal Karan Keith Agarwal

Silverstone scoops up ex-nonprofit HQ for boutique condo play in DC

Kairoi Residential CEO Michael Lynd Jr. and the Residence Inn at 2777 Zuni Street in the Lower Highland area

Denver

Kairoi drops $39M on former Denver hotel 

CRE deal volume slips as buyers, sellers hit stalemate 

Turnover Rate X sales per 1,000 Housing Units

Texas markets lead home turnover in U.S. metros

Federal Trade Commission chair Andrew Ferguson

FTC eyes new rules targeting deceptive rental fees  

Donald Trump with 1094 South Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach