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Inside George Lucas’s $260 Million-Plus Property Portfolio  Robb Report

AFI Europe seeks antitrust nod to acquire stake in APL Capital units  SeeNews

Housing in Kyiv is significantly cheaper than in EU capitals: price comparison in 2025  Visit Ukraine

Flex Space to Account For 20% of London Office Market by 2030  CBRE UK

Europe’s biggest landlords team up to build a proptech scaling machine  Tech.eu

Irish contractor agrees to plead guilty in $1.5 million ‘traveling conman fraud’ scheme  The Boston Globe

Why Carrefour’s Real Estate Sale Sparks a Broader Debate About the Future of Grocery Property Investment in Europe  International Supermarket News

Park Plaza Hotels Europe Owners Discuss Options With Investment Firms  Bloomberg.com

Zillow acknowledged last week that it wasn’t enforcing its private listings rule in Chicagoland, opening the question of where else the standards might not be in effect.

Your real estate budget isn't built for brute-force spending, Josh Ries writes. It rewards clarity, consistency and thoughtful execution.

British Land opens Broadgate Central scheme  Retail Bulletin

Billionaire Sawiris Cuts London Penthouse Price by £10 Million  Bloomberg.com

Finance expert Sofia Nadjibi, MBA, shares how real estate professionals can transform the downsizing experience for senior homeowners by blending empathy, strategy and smart financing tools.

Developer and contributor America Foy says agents are missing the boat when it comes to education on senior housing opportunities. The home equity conversion mortgage product is just one example.

Windermere's OB Jacobi writes that it’s more important than ever to preserve independence and keep the industry vibrant, diverse and focused on the things that matter most.

The proposal from Trump is a reminder that the industry must evolve, Darryl Davis writes, but evolution without diligence can lead to structural weakness.

The American Enterprise Institute estimates that 64 percent of homes sold by the largest homebuilders provide permanent mortgage rate buydowns, which often don't count as seller concessions.

A judge has ruled in defendants’ favor over the class certification dispute in the largest homebuying commission case: Batton vs. The National Association of Realtors® (NAR).  Judge LaShonda A. Hunt granted a motion by defendants in the case, who include big brokerages along with NAR, ruling that the plaintiffs’ motions for Class Certification “stricken without…

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Above: Phantom, a humanoid designed for advanced manufacturing, on scene of the Reindustrialize Summit. When dealing with corporate relocation, most moves typically involve people, their families and household goods. But earlier this year, RELO Direct®—Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®’s (LeadingRE) full-service relocation management company—was asked to relocate something entirely different: a humanoid robot.…

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