James Kleimann

🚨 Breaking: Compass has sued Zillow for "gatekeeping" home listings and breaking federal antitrust laws. The suit, filled in New York this morning, accuses Zillow of engaging in an anticompetitive conspiracy to maintain a monopoly over digital home listings. Zillow is effectively enforcing NAR's Clear Cooperation Policy, banning any listing that doesn't hit the MLS within a full business day of being publicly marketed. Zillow says this is about transparency, and Compass says it's about seller choice. It's really about who controls listings data and how it can be monetized.

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Robin Wigglesworth

Goldman Sachs: "The negative trends in US governance and institutions are eroding the exorbitant privilege long-enjoyed by US assets, and that is weighing on US asset returns and the Dollar, and may continue to do so in the future unless reversed."

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James Rodriguez

Zillow unveiled a new rule last week that could blacklist scores of homes from its popular search website. The goal is to root out "exclusive inventory" — homes advertised for sale on one website but not shared everywhere. The top exec at rival Homes.com called Zillow's new rule a "pure power play of epic proportions." Compass CEO Robert Reffkin Redfin told his agents to "keep doing what you're doing," encouraging sellers to test the waters in a more private setting before sharing listings widely. But Zillow has plenty of power players on its side. Big brokerages like eXp Realty and NextHome, Inc. have committed to following the new policy. And Redfin has said it will also ban homes advertised on one site but not others. The escalating fight over home listings could make it harder to find your next place.Here's my story for Business Insider: https://lnkd.in/epftKc9u#realtors #housingmarket #realestate #clearcooperation

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Jamie Heller

We've been writing a lot at Business Insider about tiny homes -- very small homes, sometimes on wheels, often on another person's property. Readers seem engaged as an investment, place to live, or kind of cultural movement.Technology has made this type of living more manageable. Filing cabinets, alarm clocks, cameras, video cameras, flashlights, televisions -- so many things can be reduced to a single small device. It certainly stands in contrast to the mcmansion era ....Here is one of our pieces, by Eliza Relman. On Business Insider.https://lnkd.in/eS4FSthj

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Chandra R. Srikanth

Smallcase raises $50 million in series D round led by Elev8 Venture PartnersSmallcase has raised $50 million in a Series D funding round led by Elev8 Venture Partners, with participation from State Street Global Advisors, Niveshaay AIF, Faering Capital, and Arkam Ventures, the Zerodha-backed investment platform said on March 28.The funds will be used to expand investment product offerings across asset classes and strengthen relationships with retail investors and ecosystem partners, the company said.by Bhavya Dilipkumar https://lnkd.in/g7QMXD9s

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Hannah (Prokop) Hammond

It’s the last day of #CRU25 and we’re learning about navigating consumer shifts in the economy from Arjun Chakravarti. He said 70% of inflation is coming from housing right now. “Rental prices have exceeded real wages by about 14%,” he said.

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Mark F. Bonner

Two major NYC landlords opened their books to Bisnow's Sasha Jones, exposing just how broken the economics of rent-stabilized housing have become under the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act. Across 4,300 apartments, net operating income has plunged, insurance and taxes have doubled and the losses are mounting — to the tune of $4M in just two years for one nonprofit. Vacancy spikes, deferred repairs and building defaults are increasingly common, with property values down more than 50% in some boroughs. Critics say the law gutted revenue models without offering viable alternatives, pushing owners toward distress or disinvestment — and tenants toward another housing crisis.https://lnkd.in/gyD4ZMr6

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Lara O'Reilly

New from Mackenzie Meaney and I: The Super Bowl is almost upon us, and this year, advertisers are paying more than ever — upwards of $8 million in some cases — to nab 30 seconds of airtime.With the stakes high and the political environment fraught, advertisers are keen to avoid controversy. Expect comedy, celebrities, and nostalgia instead. Super Bowl? More like Safe Bowl.Read more at Business Insiderhttps://lnkd.in/e7Ni9Wz9#superbowl #superbowllix #superbowlads

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Nila Sweeney

Private treaty listings of homes for sale are on the rise in a sign that their owners are becoming wary of public auctions as the housing market softens, data from SQM Research shows.The swing toward private sales has driven a surge in the amount of new stock hitting the national property market, with many home owners struggling with the burden of high borrowing costs.Will the increased stock find buyers?Many thanks as always to these experts who shared their views. Louis Christopher Tim Lawless Clarence White Thomas McGlynn #ausprop #investmentproperty

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Jeffrey Cane

An executive style that is both unpredictable and chaotic probably isn't taught in classes on management. Yet that seems to be how President Donald Trump is running his second term. Dan Geiger of Business Insider talked to real estate executives and lawyers who were active in Manhattan property development in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. They told Dan that the president's recent actions and words remind them of the Trump they knew back then, when negotiating could quickly become "guerilla war." #trump #management #realestate #newyorkhttps://lnkd.in/e48j_BDS

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