Real Estate Investing Fintech New Silver Acquires Mayflower Venture Partners

by Phil Hall | Jul 28, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

New Silver, a West Hartford, Connecticut-based fintech offering a platform for real estate investors, has acquired Mayflower Venture Partners, a Quincy, Massachusetts-based direct lender specializing in fix-and-flip and new construction loans for New England-based...

Mamdani Publishes Searchable Database with Names and Addresses of Pied-à-Terre Tax Targets

by Phil Hall | Jul 27, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push for a so-called pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes took a bizarre turn with the city’s Department of Finance uploading a searchable database of the addresses and names of property owners with homes valued at over $1...

Lone Star Funds Acquires Premier Place, 20-Story Dallas Office Tower

by Phil Hall | Jul 27, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Lone Star Funds, a global investment firm with its principal office in London, announced that an affiliate of Lone Star Real Estate Fund VII LP has successfully completed the acquisition of Premier Place, a 20-story Class A office tower in Dallas. The...

Mast Capital and Koch Real Estate Investments Acquire Florida Keys Resort

by Phil Hall | Jul 27, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The real estate development and investment firm Mast Capital, in partnership with Koch Real Estate Investments, has acquired The Islands of Islamorada Resort, a luxury resort in Islamorada, Florida, from the Frisbie Group. The financial terms of the deal were not...

New Partnership Aims to Improve AI Capabilities for Mortgage Lenders and Servicers

by Phil Hall | Jul 27, 2026 | Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

BlackWolf Advisory Group, a mortgage servicing consulting firm, has teamed with Authority Partners, a technology strategy and software engineering firm, on an initiative to assist mortgage lenders and servicers adapt to the industry’s new artificial intelligence (AI)...