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Housing starts top expectations in April

Despite a monthly decline, the rate of new-home construction still came in above consensus estimates. 

GID Residential expands to Georgia, Florida and Mid-Atlantic

The firm is the multifamily development platform of global real estate investor GID. 

Matthew Gardner’s Q1 2026 housing market recap

Economist Matthew Gardner revisits some predictions for 2026 and looks to the future in this Q1 2026 update.

Zillow files antitrust lawsuit against MRED, Compass

Zillow has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Midwest Real Estate Data and Compass over an April agreement to share Compass’s listings through MRED’s private listing network.

Cotality rolls out listing-management platform Cotality BLX; HomeServices of America, Keller Williams first to adopt

The platform is designed to allow agents to enter listings once without the need to enter them across different MLSs and real estate portals. 

NAR: Existing-home sales flat in April

The median-existing sales price for all housing types rose 0.9% year over year to $417,700, its 34th consecutive increase. 

eXp acquires NextHome

eXp World Holdings has acquired NextHome, which includes more than 500 franchisees across the United States.

REMAX: Miami home sales jump in March

Nationally, home sales in the 50 metro areas surveyed by REMAX posted their largest monthly gain in three years, increasing 31.6%. 

Case-Shiller: Miami home-price growth rises month over month

S&P Dow Jones Indices noted that inflation outpaced national home-price appreciation for the ninth month in a row.

HUD gives green light to agents sharing crime, school-quality data to clients after pullback under Biden

The new guidance says agents are not violating the Fair Housing Act by sharing the information. 

Real Brokerage to acquire REMAX, form Real REMAX Group

Real REMAX Group will be headquartered in Miami and trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker REAX. Real CEO Tamir Poleg will serve as chairman and CEO.

Boomers still buying the most US homes as first-time buyers fall to all-time low

Boomers made up 42% of all homebuyers during the period from July 2024 to June 2025, unchanged from the same time a year prior. Millennials lost market share, making up 26% of buyers, down 3% year over year.

NAR agrees to pay $52.25M to resolve nationwide homebuyer claims

The National Association of REALTORS® has agreed to pay $52.25 million to resolve nationwide homebuyer claims tied to buyer-agent commission litigation from the Tuccori et al. v. At World Properties et al class-action lawsuit, the organization announced Friday. 

28 additional brokerages join Zillow Preview, total count nears 60

Zillow said the response in the three weeks since Preview’s launch demonstrates that agents and their clients prefer “broad, public pre-market exposure” over private listing networks.

Top occupations driving US homeownership

Who is buying homes in America? According to a new report from the National Association of REALTORS® on homeownership trends from 2014 to 2024, the answer often comes down to your job.  

Household formation grows as US housing supply continues to lag

Recent data from Realtor.com and the National Association of REALTORS® shows steady household growth, but supply is still catching up.

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