Housing market slowdown drags on construction sector in June

A congressional subcommittee is probing brokerage giant Compass’ private listings partnership with the Midwest Real Estate Data multiple listing service to determine if it is anticompetitive. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust sent letters this week to Compass CEO Robert Reffkin and MRED CEO Rebecca Jensen requesting a briefing…

Robinhood Markets will hold an “IPO Roadshow” on August 3rd for its new venture fund, Robinhood Ventures Fund II (RVII). Instead of keeping the pitch behind closed doors for institutional buyers, it’s streaming the whole thing on its app and on YouTube. RVII’s pitch rests on a single name: Y Combinator. The fund plans to…

The Bank of England, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will begin jointly overseeing the UK’s first Critical Third Parties (CTPs) starting Monday, 13 July 2026, following formal designation by HM Treasury (HMT). HMT has named four global technology providers as the first CTPs under the new regime: Amazon Web…

It seemed like a far-left fantasy — not a serious idea but something to titillate the base: on page 38 of Zohran Mamdani’s housing plan, a program to give tenants part-ownership of their buildings. But last week his housing commissioner, Dina Levy, said the administration is having “really interesting conversations” with for-profit real estate firms…

CBRE has added Robert Koontz as head of multifamily debt capital markets after he led a similar role at Freddie Mac, the company announced Monday. Koontz, who spent 17 years at Freddie Mac and most recently served as head of multifamily capital markets at the government-sponsored enterprise, joined CBRE on July 6 as part of…