Housing Starts Dropped During April

by Phil Hall | May 21, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

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 Launches In-House Mortgage Division

by Phil Hall | May 21, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

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 Expands into Atlanta Market

by Phil Hall | May 21, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

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 and Equity Residential Announce Merger

by Phil Hall | May 21, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News

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 Expands, But Sales Remain Down

by Phil Hall | May 20, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

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....