BREAKING NEWS: Sun Life Gains Full Ownership of BGO, Crescent Capital; Acquiring Bell Partners

BREAKING NEWS: Sun Life Gains Full Ownership of BGO, Crescent Capital; Acquiring Bell Partners

Sun Life announced a series of multi-billion-dollar commercial real estate moves Monday that will impact businesses and properties on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. Toronto-based Sun Life announced said Monday it... Read more »

Lawmakers Push for Capital Gains Tax Exclusion

Lawmakers and government officials say they’re making progress on an update to the capital gains tax. Right now, America’s homeowners are sitting on a staggering $34.7 trillion in equity, built up during a... Read more »
Manufactured housing gains traction, but negative stigma persists

Manufactured housing gains traction, but negative stigma persists

As the housing market prices out more and more Americans, federal lawmakers are taking a closer look at manufactured housing as a more affordable supply-side alternative to a traditional stick-built home. Nevertheless,... Read more »
Bill proposes eliminating capital gains tax on home sales

Bill proposes eliminating capital gains tax on home sales

Rep. Craig Goldman (R-Texas) introduced legislation this week, dubbed the Don’t Tax the American Dream Act, that would eliminate federal capital gains taxes on the sale of primary residences. “Americans are overtaxed.... Read more »
Vella Group Gains Planning Commission Approval for .4B MXU in DTLA

Vella Group Gains Planning Commission Approval for $1.4B MXU in DTLA

Vella Group has secured Los Angeles City Planning Commission approval for its 670 Mesquit project, a 1.8-million-square-foot, $1.4-billion mixed-use development. The Planning Commission nod comes eight years after the developer first proposed... Read more »
Home equity gains have slowed. Are home prices stabilizing?

Home equity gains have slowed. Are home prices stabilizing?

U.S. mortgage holders experienced a home equity increase in the third quarter of 2024 — up 2.5% year over year to a total of $17.5 trillion nationwide. But that was down from... Read more »
Optima Gains Approval for North Shore Luxury Residences

Optima Gains Approval for North Shore Luxury Residences

Optima, Inc. has received final village board approval for Optima Lumina, a 128-unit luxury residential building in downtown Wilmette on Chicago’s North Shore. The six-story building features one- to three-bedroom residences of... Read more »
Consumer Sentiment Shifts From Gains to Slight Decline — RISMedia

Consumer Sentiment Shifts From Gains to Slight Decline — RISMedia

A key skill to being a real estate agent is judging a buyer’s mood. So how are consumers feeling on a wide scale?  Consumer sentiment dipped slightly in the early days of... Read more »
Homebuyer demand gains steam in response to lower mortgage rates

Homebuyer demand gains steam in response to lower mortgage rates

The real estate industry illuminati believe that mortgage rates dropping below 6% will get housing markets moving again, but there’s growing evidence that the recent decline in rates is already doing so.... Read more »
Homebuyer demand gains steam in response to lower mortgage rates

TRG closes deal for Doma; Lennar gains minority ownership stake

Title Resources Group (TRG) has closed its acquisition of Doma Holdings, the parent company of Doma Title, according to an announcement on Friday. The sale was first announced in late March 2024.... Read more »