Vanderbilt University to Expand Presence into San Francisco

by Phil Hall | Jan 13, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Nashville-headquartered Vanderbilt University announced plans to establish an academic presence in San Francisco through the acquisition of the campus of the California College of the Arts (CCA). The financial aspects of the deal were not disclosed. CCA is planning to...

8-Building Orlando-Area Office Portfolio Sold for $96 Million

by Phil Hall | Jan 13, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Cross Ocean Partners, a global asset management platform, has partnered with CP Group, a commercial real estate focused on Sunbelt markets, to acquire an eight-building office portfolio in the Orlando metro area for $96 million. The portfolio encompasses a total of...

Mid-Atlantic Home Sales Up by Only 0.1% in 2025

by Phil Hall | Jan 13, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The Mid-Atlantic region tracked by Bright MLS recorded 235,565 total home sales in 2025, up by a scant 0.1% compared to 2024. But while December sales were up 3.8% year-over-year, that year-end bump-up wasn’t enough to offset the year’s lethargic sales total. Last...

October New Home Sales Up 18.7% Year-Over-Year

by Phil Hall | Jan 13, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Sales of new single-family houses during October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 737,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 0.1% below the September rate of...

Wall Street Journal Calls on Trump to Fire FHFA’s Pulte

by Phil Hall | Jan 13, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The editorial board of the Wall Street Journal has called on President Trump to fire Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. In an editorial titled “Lawfare for Dummies, Monetary Edition,” the Journal identified Pulte as the mastermind behind...