Single-family housing starts in April were at a rate of 930,000, according to data from the US Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development. This represents a 9% drop from the revised March figure of 1.02 million. Privately-owned housing starts in...
Southern Land Company (SLC), the Nashville-headquartered real estate developer, has launched SLC Lending, an in-house mortgage division. SLC Lending will initially launch in core markets where the parent company has established master-planned and single-family home...
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) has announced its expansion into the Atlanta market with the acquisition of 110 homesites that will be the site of Whitley Meadows, a new single-home community slated to open in early 2027 in Bethlehem, Georgia. Bill Schmidt, who joined the company...
AvalonBay Communities Inc. (NYSE: AVB) and Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) announced they are merging in an all-stock transaction. According to the companies, the new merged entity will encompass more than 180,000 rental apartments and boast a pro forma equity market...
New York State’s housing inventory totaled 28,058 properties in April, a 4.7% increase from the 26,796 available units one year earlier. According to the New York State Association of Realtors, this marked the highest number of homes available since last November....
Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) has blocked Zillow (NASDAQ: Z, ZG) from accessing its licensed listing data feeds for display on Zillow’s consumer-facing websites. Chicago Agent Magazine reports the action followed Zillow’s federal antitrust lawsuit against MRED and...
