Names to Note: January 2026

Image Each month, Nareit highlights recent executive career moves, board changes, and other notable individual achievements and developments within the REIT and publicly listed real estate...

U.S. Homebuyers Scored Biggest Price Discounts Since 2012 as Market Shifts

West Palm Beach Homebuyers Enjoyed the Biggest Discounts Nationwide at 10.9 Percent Homebuyers in 2025 secured historically large discounts off asking prices, according to new data from Redfin, reflecting one of the strongest buyer's markets in recent memory. The typical buyer who purchased a home below the list price last year received a 7.9% discount--the largest annual reduction since 2012. In dollar...

Keller Williams settles Batton homebuyer commission lawsuit for $20 million

Nearly two years to the day since Keller Williams settled the home seller commission lawsuits, the firm has announced a settlement with the Batton homebuyer commission lawsuit plaintiffs. The company announced its settlement agreement on Monday. As part of the nationwide settlement agreement, Keller Williams will pay $20 million. The firm did not disclose any other terms of the settlement, but a company...

BLS jobs report for January delayed by partial government shutdown

The January jobs report published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will not be released as scheduled on Friday due to the partial federal government shutdown that began Saturday. The report will be issued once funding resumes. The shutdown was triggered after Congress failed to pass funding bills that include money for the Department of Labor, leaving the BLS and several other agencies...

Retirement accounts become emergency funds as financial stress rises

Long-term retirement accounts are increasingly serving as sources of emergency funds as American workers confront rising costs and persistent financial anxiety, according to multiple recent studies. Surveys from Allianz Life Insurance, Payroll Integrations and F&G Annuities and Life show Americans cutting back on retirement contributions and tapping savings meant for later life to cover immediate...

Fewer Medicare Advantage plans could create tough choices for senior homeowners

Rising health care costs, paired with minimal rate growth for Medicare Advantage plans, could accelerate insurer withdrawals from states and counties nationwide, potentially disrupting coverage options for millions of older Americans. Several of the nation’s largest insurers — including UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Elevance Health and Humana — have already scaled back Medicare Advantage offerings in...

MBA’s Broeksmit says credit bureau trade group “gaslit” mortgage industry

Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) President and CEO Bob Broeksmit took the stage at the trade group’s IMB26 Conference in Florida to say that its members and he himself have “just been gaslit by the trade association that represents the credit bureaus.” The MBA has proposed that lenders submit a single-bureau credit pull for loans sold to government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and...

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