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The Bainbridge Island home had no comps. Its agent and builder explain how they priced it, finished it a year early and sold it for over ask in five days.

Year-end homebuying has a deadline. With four weeks left before the holiday freeze, trainer Bernice Ross shares strategies to help buyers find motivated sellers.

Canary Wharf developer George Iacobescu overseeing new London skyscraper  Financial Times

London rents rise as property prices fall  Property118

Photo 3 of 10 in After a Total Overhaul, a London Furniture Workshop Turned Home Seeks £4.9M  Dwell

Concierge Auctions: October Auction Lineup Ahead of London Global  The National Law Review

Ten organizations now have $200,000 each to sharpen their plans for making homeownership more affordable in their communities. Five will be chosen next spring for $4.6 million awards from Capital One’s $25 million initiative.

Just two months after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settled its lawsuit with Zillow and Redfin over the two portals’ alleged anti-competitive agreement, two U.S. Senators have issued a new letter petitioning the organization to take aim at alleged anti-competitive practices on the home-buying side of portals. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker penned the…

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Photo 5 of 10 in After a Total Overhaul, a London Furniture Workshop Turned Home Seeks £4.9M  Dwell

The investor share of home purchases dropped to the lowest level since Q1 2025, but interest rate fluctuations may allow investors to claw back in Q3

Ex-X CEO Linda Yaccarino joins Better’s board as the AI-native lender pushes cost cuts, buybacks and its Tinman platform under Better 2.0.

Czech apartment prices: developers plan another increase  Around Prague

The gap in renting versus buying widened over the past year, with rental demand up 19.2 percent and Bay Area rents at record highs, according to Zillow and Realtor.com.

Landsec Expands In Bluewater: London's Major Deal Update  Bisnow

Mortgage rates held steady this week, remaining unchanged from last week but still lingering at a near three-year high–a level one economist says is having a “chilling effect” on the housing market.  The latest Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey® released Thursday shows the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate remaining at 7.40%, the same level…

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Chancellor mulls raising £1bn from tax increase on London offices  Property Week

News | PNC, US Bancorp extend run of commercial real estate loan growth at large banks  CoStar

Average long-term US mortgage rate holds at 7.4%, remaining at highest level in nearly 3 years  Durango Herald

New 2026 research suggests that written buyer agreements have made fees and representation more visible, but commissions themselves have not necessarily fallen. A Zillow survey of 366 U.S. real estate agents found that 89% believe written agreements outlining compensation and services benefit buyers. It also found that 77% said fee negotiation benefits buyers, compared with…

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As AI moves from suggesting the next step to taking it, brokerages need to define where automation ends and human judgment still owns the decision, Ryan Persad writes.