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Marcus & Millichap inks deal to buy Mission Capital Advisors
Marcus & Millichap has inked a deal to buy the debt and equity brokerage Mission Capital Advisors. The publicly...
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United Wholesale Mortgage goes public with $16B valuation
United Wholesale Mortgage is merging with Gores Holdings IV, a special-purpose acquisition company, and preparing to go public in...
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First American to buy Docutech for $350M
Title insurance giant First American has reached a deal to buy housing tech company Docutech for $350 million. The deal should close by the end of March, and Docutech’s current management team, including president...
Columbia acquiring Normandy for $100M in New York real estate’s latest megamerger
Columbia Property Trust is buying Normandy Real Estate Management in a deal worth about $100 million, Columbia announced on...
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Title insurance’s Big Three are not to be: Fidelity, Stewart call off $1.2B merger
The massive merger between Fidelity National Financial and Stewart Information Services that would have turned the country’s “Big Four”...
Sam Zell talks “jungle” entrepreneurs, “dearth” of mergers
The “jungle” entrepreneurs of real estate are a dying breed, according to billionaire Sam Zell. Zell, chairman of Chicago-based...
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Keeping up with the Joneses: In wake of
JLL-HFF deal, expect a poaching frenzy
JLL’s $2 billion acquisition of HFF, a move that further consolidates the commercial-brokerage industry and creates the country’s largest...
JLL-HFF deal, expect a poaching frenzy
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Merger mania: Real estate firms are buying each other up at record rates
The recent bidding war for LaSalle Hotel Properties has played out like a high-stakes poker match. The price tag...
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Valuation challenges: Sometimes company valuations don’t just raise eyebrows — they prompt lawsuits
While company valuations often raise industry eyebrows, they can also result in legal action. Sometimes there are legitimate allegations of improper activity — with...
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Wheels of fortune: with M&A activity and funding rounds abound, the industry is rethinking the value of resi brokerages
When the venture-backed brokerage Compass secured a cash infusion of $75 million last month, the response from industry rivals was fast and furious. The...