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Latest News in Real Estate

  • June 10, 2026

    Mass. Town Sues Over Affordable Housing Plan

    A Boston suburb is challenging the state's designation of 45 acres of land on a college campus as surplus to make way for a 180-unit housing development, saying the 2-year-old law allowing the plan is being misapplied.

  • June 10, 2026

    Zillow-Redfin Noncompete Deal Sunk Stock, Investor Claims

    A proposed class of Zillow Group Inc. shareholders accused the property listings company of making an anticompetitive noncompete agreement with rival Redfin Corp., which caused the federal government to file an antitrust suit and Zillow's common stock value to drop.

  • June 10, 2026

    RI Adopts Rule Taxing Second Homes Valued Above $1M

    Rhode Island will implement a tax on non-owner-occupied residential properties with assessed values of $1 million or more under a regulation issued by the state Division of Taxation.

  • June 10, 2026

    Figure, Sixth Street Team Up On $717M Kiavi Mortgage Deal

    Figure Technology Solutions said Wednesday it is acquiring residential real estate lender Kiavi in a $717 million deal that pairs a blockchain-native capital markets platform with an AI-driven mortgage origination engine, with the backing of private credit firm Sixth Street and three law firms advising. 

  • June 09, 2026

    XAI, SpaceX Sued Over Data Center Plant's 'Intrusive' Noises

    Residents of a Mississippi suburb have accused Elon Musk's xAI and SpaceX companies of upending their community's "small-town charm" by operating a noisy power plant to power massive artificial intelligence data centers, saying in a proposed federal class action that the operations diminish their home values and quality of life.

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