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Zillow Flags 2026 Shift in Housing Demand, Investor Warning

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Zillow 2026 Forecast: Prices, Sales, and Affordability While the housing market exits a near-flat 2025, Zillow projects U.S. home values will rise 1.9% in 2026. That points to modest appreciation as supply continues to rebuild. National active inventory rose roughly 25% from July 2024 to July 2025, signaling a gradual reset in available listings. Earlier estimates were 1.2%, later revised to 2.0% through November 2026. Zillow’s latest 12-month outlook projects a 2.0% national home price gain from Nov 2025 to Nov 2026. Price Pressure Eases, But Declines Persist Markets with annual declines are expected to fall from 24 in October to 12 by year-end. Half of cities, including Los Angeles and Seattle, show year-over-year dips. Rebuilding inventory and the construction pipeline keep gains restrained. Sales Lift Meets Better Affordability Existing home sales are forecast at 4.2 million in 2026, up about 4% from 2025. Mortgage payments are 8.4% lower year over year, with affordability improv...
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8 Real Estate Contracts Investors Sign Without Reading

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You sign these eight documents fast: purchase contract (price line, contingencies, deadlines), inspection addendum, and repair-request amendment. Seller disclosure (PA 68 Pa.C.S. §7301), earnest-money escrow instructions, and financing contingency/commitment. Title/survey/deed package, and post-closing occupancy or rehab agreement. Miss one deadline starting at seller acceptance and your exit can vanish. Skip escrow rules or lien exceptions and your deposit or title gets trapped. Want to keep leverage and cash predictable? Keep going. Stick around and you’ll see how. Purchase Contract: Price, Contingencies, Deadlines Because the purchase contract becomes the rulebook a judge will enforce, you can’t treat “price, contingencies, and deadlines” as boilerplate. A contract generally isn’t enforceable until all parties sign it. Those three sections decide whether you close cleanly or fund someone else’s exit. The price line isn’t just a number: it allocates taxes, prorated property taxes, H...
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Denver Jury Tags Developer Guilty, 11 Deals Implode

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What Fox Street Is Suing Denver Over in Globeville Fox Street Corridor LLC’s lawsuit against the City and County of Denver targets development entitlements for a 9-acre Globeville site. The property is bounded by Fox Street, Race Court, 48th Street, and Clayton Street. The dispute lands as investors nationwide weigh volatility in ultra-luxury real estate markets, including Miami Beach’s $75 million spec listings. Code and Entitlement Breakdown The complaint says Denver revoked preliminary approval. It also claims the city then denied density incentives promised under the land use code. The lawsuit further alleges officials threatened post-approval rezoning. It also says the city applied inconsistent standards compared with similar Globeville filings. Exactions, Delays, and Damages Fox Street challenges demands for affordable housing, parkland dedication, parking, plazas, and bike lanes. The developer disputes the legality of those exactions under state and federal takings rules. The s...
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Dallas Land Buy Tops 2,500 Acres, $5.1B Build Plan

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Dallas Land Buy: What Happened at South Creek Ranch Although the acquisition terms were not disclosed, Cawley Partners and an investment group acquired South Creek Ranch in 2025, securing a 5,200-acre tract in Ferris, Texas. The sale included all owned minerals conveyed with the property. Icon Global brokered the deal, underscoring its broker role after a bid window from May 15 to June 28. The deal comes as builders nationally continue chasing prime residential land amid strong demand for well-located housing sites. Sale mechanics and history The ranch was assembled and stewarded for more than 50 years, forming a family legacy tied to W. Ray Wallace, the Trinity Industries CEO who died in 2016. Tours were offered to pre-qualified parties before bids were due June 28. Property status at closing The tract sits in the Ferris ETJ, straddling Dallas and Ellis counties, with I-45 frontage at Malloy Bridge Road. It transferred as a three-part holding: ranch, Tall Oaks homestead, and Woodsto...
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Seattle Zillow Cuts 200 Jobs, Housing Tech Jitters

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What Happened in the Seattle Zillow Layoffs (200 Cuts)? Although Zillow continued posting job openings, the Seattle-based real estate company cut about 200 employees in recent weeks leading up to Jan. 30, 2026. Another sign of the region’s broader tech pullback came as Amazon 16,000-job cut headlines fueled white-collar job anxiety across Seattle. The reduction equaled roughly 2–3% of its workforce. The cuts also arrive as Zillow faces heightened scrutiny tied to its New Listing Rule and broader antitrust tensions reshaping real estate tech. Scope of disruption Cuts were reported across roles, with no single business segment targeted. Tracker data described impacts on white-collar and factory workers. Key figures: Affected : about 200 Prior cuts : 23 in 2023, 300 in 2022, 2,000 in 2021 Confirmation and fallout Axios reported the layoffs and cited spokesperson Chrissy Roebuck confirming the action. The move landed amid Seattle tech layoffs and media coverage. Zillow revenue was up 16%...
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Marysville Data Center Plan Hits $1b, Power Race

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What Is the AWS Marysville Data Center (Project Cosmos)? Where the next wave of AWS physical infrastructure is slated to land in Union County. Project Cosmos is the planned Amazon Web Services data center campus at 14684 Industrial Parkway in the Marysville Innovation Park . It sits in Marysville, Ohio, about 30 miles northwest of Columbus, within AWS us-east-2. Definition Records describe a planned campus operated by Amazon Web Services of Seattle. It reached permitted status on March 10, 2025. Utilities nationally are racing to fund grid upgrades as AI workloads drive sharply higher power demand. Priorities The site spans over 55 acres along Route 33 near Contract Building Components and Nissin Transport. Plans call for two data centers totaling 500,000 square feet. Planning typically centers on controlled access, security features, and redundant network connectivity that can withstand regional demand shocks. A reinvestment area agreement grants a 30 year, 100 percent property ta...
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2026 Florida Crash or Something Worse? Condo Investors Exit as HOA and Insurance Explode

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Key Takeaways Florida is not experiencing a uniform crash in 2026, but condo investors are exiting rapidly due to rising HOA and insurance costs that are compressing cash flow and liquidity The most severe stress is concentrated in condo-heavy, investor-dense markets rather than statewide housing demand Insurance and HOA exposure now represent the primary risk variables in Florida investment underwriting, overtaking price appreciation assumptions Florida’s Housing Market Enters 2026 Under Intense Scrutiny Statewide Headlines Signal Panic, but the Data Tells a Sharper Story Is there really a Florida crash happening before our eyes? Media coverage entering 2026 has increasingly framed Florida as the next housing collapse . Inventory headlines, price cut alerts, and condo-focused warnings have fueled a growing sense of urgency among investors and lenders. The shock factor is real, but the underlying data shows something more precise and more dangerous than a broad crash. Across F...
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