Dream Finders Homes Offers to Acquire Beazer Homes for $704 Million

by Phil Hall | May 11, 2026 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Dream Finders Homes Inc. (NYSE: DFH) has submitted a proposal to acquire Beazer Homes USA Inc. (NYSE: BZH) in an all-cash transaction of $25.75 per share, creating a total equity value of approximately $704 million. In a statement, Dream Finders said it “has...

UWM Raises Offer to Merge with Two Harbors Investment Corp.

by Phil Hall | May 11, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

UWM Holdings Corp. (NYSE: UWMC) has upped its efforts merger with Two Harbors Investment Corp. (NYSE: TWO) with a new proposal to acquire all outstanding shares of Two Harbors for $12.50 per share in cash or 2.3328 shares of UWMC stock. The new offer is higher than...

Elme Communities Offers Update on Liquidation Process

by Phil Hall | May 11, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Bethesda, Maryland-based Elme Communities (NYSE: ELME) provided an update regarding its ongoing liquidation activities that were first announced last summer. The company said that it completed the sale of five of its remaining properties this year, a quartet of...

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of May 4-8

by Phil Hall | May 8, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Hits and Misses, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

New listings on the rise, New York City’s mayor shoots his mouth off (twice), and the late Ted Turner’s property portfolio. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of May 4-8. Hit: A Wider Inventory. New listings totaled...

Forecast: AI to Generate 330 Million Square Feet of Commercial Real Estate Demand Over Next 10 Years

by Phil Hall | May 8, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Nearly 330 million square feet of commercial real estate demand will be generated across the US over the next decades from artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new study by Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK). The study projects a total net absorption over the...