Maine Home Sales Surged 7.31% in June

by Phil Hall | Jul 9, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

To borrow a lyric from the musical “Carousel,” June was busting out all over in Maine’s housing market, with a significant surge in sales and a record high for the median sales price. According to the Maine Association of Realtors, 1,156 homes were sold last month, a...

Green Street Debuts Canadian Commercial Property Price Index

by Phil Hall | Jul 9, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, International Real Estate News, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Green Street, the Newport Beach, California-based provider of commercial real estate data and insights, announced the launch of its inaugural Canadian Commercial Property Price Index (CPPI). According to the company, the Canadian CPPI is designed to help market...

Existing Home Sales Down 2.4% in June

by Phil Hall | Jul 9, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Existing home sales during June reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.09 million, which was down by 2.4% month-over-month and up by 2.8% year-over-year, according to data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). A total of 1.56 million units were...

Wayne Manor from TV Classic ‘Batman’ Listed for $32 Million

by Phil Hall | Jul 9, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The Pasadena, California-based estate that gained pop culture immortality for doubling as stately Wayne Manor in the 1960s TV series “Batman” is on the market for $32 million. Built in 1928, the 18,655-square-foot Jacobean Tudor Revival mansion features seven bedrooms...

The Best and Worst Places to Rent Are…

by Phil Hall | Jul 9, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The number crunchers at WalletHub are back with another housing-focused data report, this time highlighting 2026’s Best & Worst Places to Rent. For this report, WalletHub’s analysts compared 182 cities based on 21 key indicators focused on local rental housing...