Mortgage rates move lower, but is it enough to help the housing market?  USA Today

The affordability issue in housing has worsened significantly over the past six years, according to a new report by Realtor.com®.  In its April 2025 Housing Market Trends Report released Thursday, Realtor.com found the income sufficient to purchase a median-priced home rose 70.1% from $67,000 in 2019 to a notable $114,000 in 2025.  The raw income…

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Winston Churchill’s London bachelor pad — where he lived after leaving his mother’s house — asks $5M  New York Post

As Zillow continues to lead a nationwide pushback against private listing networks, the portal giant is bringing its new standards to the unique New York City market, according to a release from the company, going a step further to block access to certain programs for agents who are not “committing to transparency.” Starting sometime in…

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How US Home Values Have Changed Over the Last 20 Years  Yahoo Finance

The Nebraska-based company's agents will now be a part of eXp, while the parent company merges with Good Life Capital in a bid to build an all-in-one platform.

Barbara Corcoran, the founder of The Corcoran Group and longtime Shark Tank investor, is urging homebuyers to move now, while others are sitting on the sidelines. In a recent TikTok video and appearance on Fox & Friends, Corcoran made it clear: economic hesitation is exactly why it's a good time to buy real estate.

U.S. new homes activity falls due to uncertainty over the economy  Calgary Herald

Listings that are not sent to StreetEasy within 24 hours of being publicly marketed will still be published by StreetEasy but offending agents will lose access to key tools and programs on the platform.

London house price growth cools as North-South growth gap widens  London Evening Standard

Odds are your inbox is full of emails with headlines and subject lines like these: “Get 10 leads in a week!” “Use this easy hack to land five new listings!” They sound exciting, but they often don’t deliver. That’s because most real estate success doesn’t come from shortcuts. It comes from consistency and doing the…

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News | London School of Economics lines up £170 million office acquisition  CoStar

UK: Ashfords appoints London banking partner to strengthen real estate finance and healthcare offering  Investors in Healthcare

European commercial real estate market’s recovery stalls in Q1 on economic and geopolitical uncertainty  Institutional Real Estate, Inc.

Mortgage Rates Forecast For 2025: Experts Predict How Much Rates Will Drop  Forbes

Europe and LatAm top fund sectors in April tariff storm  Portfolio Adviser

London has become the hardest city to sell a home  The Telegraph

Shakespeare Martineau bolsters London real estate disputes practice with partner hire  LondonWorld

European real estate recovery thrown off course by Trump uncertainty, says MSCI  Reuters

Europe’s Property Recovery Stalls as Uncertainty Bites  Bloomberg