Rent freeze redraws math for New York landlords
Plus, election results, Soloviev’s next rent gambit and more NYC real estate news this week
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Scott Rechler made it to the other side of the downturn. At what cost?
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Austin's top resi agent buys $9M home amid claims she withheld other offers
Fellow luxury agent accused Kumara Wilcoxon of withholding purchase offers
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Who is Buffy Wicks? Meet the legislator dividing California real estate
Scott Wiener's longtime pro-housing partner co-authored AB 736 — and progressives and realtors both have objections
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Member of New York’s rental board resigns, decrying political “theater”
References possible legal challenge to freeze
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Trump holds bipartisan housing bill hostage
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Frank Carone arrested on federal bribery charges
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Rent freeze redraws math for New York landlords
Plus, election results, Soloviev’s next rent gambit and more NYC real estate news this week
Man charged with deed theft from elderly woman with dementia
Man allegedly rented home out while elderly woman lived there
New York socialists are gaining power — real estate is bracing
Progressive gains could bring back measures long opposed by landlords
NY Dirt: Mamdani-backed sweep, rent freeze set up state fight
Assembly nominee and incumbent cheer freeze as opening salvo in broader housing agenda
Gary Barnett presses on in $15M legal battle with ex-partners
Extell founder appeals dispute over unpaid fees
NYC’s top deals: Witkoff, Access Industries snag $24M for One High Line penthouse
TRD reports top transactions for Friday, June 26
Broward beach resort headed to foreclosure sale over $40M debt
Former Sonder property to be auctioned off July 16 following $26M loan default
Simon plans “main street” mixed-use project at shuttered Sears site in Boca
Retail landlord bought big-box store at Town Center at Boca Raton last year
Movers and Shakers: JLL poaches Andrew Frey from city of Miami
Plus, Art Falcone launches homebuilding company, Fontainebleau resort gets new VP, Surmount signs on first FL office, RSP promotes two
Ringleaders of $56M real estate fraud sentenced, SEC sues sales agent
Wells Real Estate Investment’s $56M fraud scheme targeted about 660 investors, many of them experiencing “catastrophic losses” to their retirement funds, a lawsuit says
Contract inked for Oceana PH asking $24M tops slow week in Miami-Dade
Luxury condo market outperformed single-family last week
South Florida’s top deals: Bal Harbour spec home sells for $43M
TRD reports the most important transactions for June 26, 2026
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Trump National home fetches last week's priciest contract in LA as fate of transfer taxes remains unclear
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Jamison claws for more rent money in K-Town
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“Game of Thrones twist”: Last minute deal spikes ballot measure to kill LA mansion tax
Taxpayer group pulled proposition backed by developers, investors
Receiver tapped for Golub, BlueFive's Mag Mile office high-rise
Scott Shefman takes control of 625 North Michigan Avenue amid $51M foreclosure
DeRoo, Lee and Tauber face more multifamily troubles in Chicago
Foreclosure lawsuit reveals new ties between players with prominent portfolios in distress
Meyers, Trailov eye River North office tower at 75% discount after Blackstone default
Chicago investors and Glendon Capital are in talks to buy 350 North Orleans Street for $90M, adding another distressed office deal to downtown’s bargain bin
601W’s bad week gets worse with $43M foreclosure on Tesla-leased Chicago property
As the New York-based commercial real estate giant battles distress across its portfolio, lender Washington Capital sues for default on carmaker’s Chicago service center
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601W seeking three-year extension on $536M Chicago skyscraper loan
New York landlord says it can’t repay debt at maturity on 83-story tower as occupancy plunges and distress mounts across its portfolio
Who is Buffy Wicks? Meet the legislator dividing California real estate
Scott Wiener's longtime pro-housing partner co-authored AB 736 — and progressives and realtors both have objections
Holland buys San Jose apartments for $1M over 2018 price
Paid $105M for 218-unit complex with rent growth predicted
California's transfer tax fight just got upended. And Bay Area sellers want to be paid in AI stock
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Refurbished Embarcadero landmark adds to a growing hotel portfolio in Bay Area
Lane wants more homes, less office at SRI campus makeover in Menlo Park
Developer added 220 single-family homes, 108 townhomes to match current market demand
Founders of Amy’s Kitchen list Stinson Beach hideaway for $16M
Owners of Bali-style pad with a heated pool seek more than $8K per sf
Austin’s top residential agent is in hot water
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Muslim community’s religious freedom lawsuit against state of Texas allowed to proceed
Federal judge’s ruling allows Plano mosque’s challenge to state funeral order to proceed as legal fight over stalled Meadow development intensifies
Austin's top resi agent buys $9M home amid claims she withheld other offers
Fellow luxury agent accused Kumara Wilcoxon of withholding purchase offers
Blackstone hit by foreclosure on $90M loan for North Dallas apartments
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Construction supplier plans to double staff as it relocates to Balcones’ Cedar Park Town Center development
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Dallas developer tapped JLL to weigh options for 93% leased financial district high-rise as firms flock to Uptown
Trump holds bipartisan housing bill hostage
President cancels signing ceremony, demands SAVE Act passage
Supreme Court limits home equity claims in tax foreclosure case
Justices say auction prices can satisfy “just compensation”
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Banks sweeten deals as they vie for private credit’s business
CRE lenders see better rates, terms as banks provide back leverage
UK private equity firm acquiring Kayne Anderson Real Estate
Deal with Bridgepoint values Al Rabil’s investment platform at $1.4B
D.C.’s real estate industry braces for democratic socialist mayor
Janeese Lewis George inherits a $1.1 billion deficit, a hollowed-out downtown and skeptical developers
Manchester United takes step towards $2B+ stadium project
Soccer club buys majority of land needed for development
Charles Kushner ruffles berets as French ambassador
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Dolce & Gabbana eyeing sale-leaseback for Milan properties
Fashion brand seeks to raise liquidity, refinance debt
Directors attached to UK’s Godwin Group hit with £155M suit
£162M investment into property-backed loan notes may not be fully recovered
Blackstone eyeing Canadian REIT acquisition
Takeover negotiations for H&R involving TPG, Crestpoint previously collapsed
AHS Properties pays $300M for Dubai Shangri-La
Developer adds to central Dubai portfolio
New York
“The math has stopped working”: NYC home flipping drops as state legislators propose new tax
State legislators are targeting home flippers, even as the market cools amid rising renovation costs
Texas
Texas housing boom pushes further north
New home sales explode 61% in Celina, the nation’s fastest-growing city
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Investors pull back from housing market as political, economic pressures mount
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Starter home prices hit $1 million in record number of cities
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New York
Manhattan agents endured volatile market conditions before dropping off
Competition heightened as borough agent population stayed crowded
South Florida
Contract inked for Oceana PH asking $24M tops slow week in Miami-Dade
Luxury condo market outperformed single-family last week
South Florida
Movers and Shakers: JLL poaches Andrew Frey from city of Miami
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South Florida
South Florida’s top deals: Bal Harbour spec home sells for $43M
TRD reports the most important transactions for June 26, 2026
Texas
Austin’s top residential agent is in hot water
Plus, Morgan Stanley joins Y’all Street party, Serhant comes to Texas and more Texas real estate news
Los Angeles
Trump National home fetches last week's priciest contract in LA as fate of transfer taxes remains unclear
Plus, Ben Belack dishes on Serhant’s California expansion, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers’ ULA killer is scuttled from ballot and more LA resi news this week
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NYC’s top deals: Witkoff, Access Industries snag $24M for One High Line penthouse
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Gary Barnett presses on in $15M legal battle with ex-partners
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South Florida
Broward beach resort headed to foreclosure sale over $40M debt
Former Sonder property to be auctioned off July 16 following $26M loan default
South Florida
Movers and Shakers: JLL poaches Andrew Frey from city of Miami
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South Florida’s top deals: Bal Harbour spec home sells for $43M
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Los Angeles
Jamison claws for more rent money in K-Town
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To build or to buy? After uproar over price, Fort Lauderdale city hall proposal back for a vote
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South Florida
Simon plans “main street” mixed-use project at shuttered Sears site in Boca
Retail landlord bought big-box store at Town Center at Boca Raton last year
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Emergency declaration pushes Philly affordable project forward
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Los Angeles
Judge rules in favor of Inglewood in legal dispute with Hollywood Park
City prevails in lawsuit by owner of SoFi Stadium over digital billboards
New York
Habitat for Humanity shifts focus to outer boroughs
Not-for-profit homebuilder planning 179 co-op units in Bronx, Brooklyn
Texas
Houston Rodeo partially breaks from NRG Park with $300M livestock campus
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