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Cash Buyers Now Make Up About 30% of San Francisco Area Home Sales

Concentrated AI-era fortunes plus family-funded purchases have drained listings to their lowest level since before the pandemic.

San Francisco Two‑Bedroom Rent Tops $6,000

Airbnb Buys Landmark Gramercy Building for First New York Office

Rents in Germany’s Largest Cities Rose 51% Over Ten Years, Union Analysis Finds

GTA Home Sales Climb for Fourth Month as Prices Show First Monthly Gain

Berlin Adopts Central Rent Register to Track and Enforce Rental Rules

German Home Prices Climb Again as Supply Shortfall and Retrofit Costs Bite

Caixa Reaches R$1 Trillion in Mortgage Portfolio

Ottawa and B.C. to Buy More Than 2,200 Unsold Condos for Affordable Housing

Chicago Sues Airbnb and High-Volume Host Over Alleged Illegal Short-Term Rentals

242 U.S. Cities Now Have $1 Million Starter Homes, Zillow Finds

U.S. Rents Drop for 34th Straight Month as Local Markets Diverge

Housing Supply Shrinks in Lima as New Project Launches Fall 16.5%

AI Equity Windfall Boosts Bay Area Luxury Down Payments

UNSAM Launches Free Calculator to Compare Buying and Renting Homes

Munich Asking Rents Rise Again, City Report Shows Wide Price Gaps

Oakland Home Values Sink to Decade Lows, Tying for Nation’s Sharpest Drop

Germany’s Overcrowded Housing Rate Rises to 11.7% in 2025

Berlin Rent Register Plan Triggers Legal Clash

China May Day Holiday Consumption Rebounds on Surge in Electronic Payments