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Property and market reporting
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Arizona’s Priciest Listing Is $175 Million of Empty Land. The Real Asset Is 1.7 Billion Gallons of Water.
River View Ranch lists 1,846 acres in northern Arizona for $175 million, with reserved groundwater central to its development pitch.
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Agents’ Listing Pipelines Just Thinned Fast. 45% Say They’re Lighter Than a Year Ago.
Inman’s October pipeline survey finds 45% of agents report lighter listing pipelines than a year earlier, while buyers and sellers face elevated rates.
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Chicago Wants to End a 44-Year-Old Break on Property Deals. It Covers About 30% of the City.
Chicago’s proposed 2027 budget would end the real estate transfer tax exemption in Enterprise Zones covering about 30% of the city.
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The Atari Hotel Finally Broke Ground in Phoenix. The Room Count and Total Cost Still Aren’t Public.
Atari Hotels begins its first construction phase in Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row, while the hotel’s room count and total project cost remain undisclosed.
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Rice Is Breaking Ground on 200,000 Square Feet in Houston. It Only Needs 15% of It.
Rice plans The Arc in Houston’s Ion District, a $75 million research and office building with 170,000 square feet intended for outside tenants.
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Jeff Glover Spent 17 Years Inside Keller Williams. He Says the Name Was Closing Doors.
Jeff Glover takes Glover Agency independent after about 17 years at Keller Williams, citing coaching opportunities and limits on team branding.
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$300 Million for Miami’s InterContinental. That’s About $460,000 a Room on Biscayne Bay.
Gencom and White Bridge Capital buy the InterContinental Miami for a reported $300 million, highlighting demand for renovated waterfront hotels.
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Blackstone Wanted Two Live Local Towers in Miami Beach. The City Says the Law Doesn’t Apply.
Miami Beach rules Blackstone-owned Southgate Towers ineligible for Live Local approval because the residential zoning district falls outside its reading of the law.
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A Tyler Broker Didn’t Want to Sell. Now Coldwell Banker Apex Owns East Texas’s Top Spot.
Coldwell Banker Apex acquires Leslie Cain Realty, adding about 50 agents and strengthening its position in Tyler and Lindale in East Texas.
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Agents Who Just Switched Brokerages Are 1.7 Times More Likely to Leave Again. Pay Is Reason No. 1.
A brokerage study finds recent recruits are 1.7 times more likely to switch again, with compensation ranking first among the reasons agents move.
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$711 Million Is Sitting in the Commission Settlement Accounts. Home Sellers Still Have No Payout Date.
Real estate commission settlement accounts held $711 million as of September 30, but home sellers still have no payout date.
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