MCR Property expands UK portfolio with Leeds office acquisition

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Developer rejects approved co-living scheme in favour of refurbishing the city-centre building as office and retail space. Your trusted source for commercial real estate intelligence, insights, and market analysis. Register for free to access two complimentary articles per month, or Subscribe to unlock unlimited CRE intelligence. Already have an account? Log in The post MCR […]

Massive Freeman Ranch Spanning Texas and Oklahoma Sells Near $128M

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A spectacular legacy ranch spanning 88,000 acres over two states has sold for near its eye-popping asking price of $127.5 million. The Freeman Ranches, which had been in the Freeman ranching family for four generations, is one of the largest land offerings in the Panhandle region in several years. The earliest deed dates to 1929, with the […]

Skanska Shares Rendering of Bellevue Mass-Timber Office Tower

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Skanska announced continued progress on Bevel, its planned 12-story mass-timber office tower in downtown Bellevue. The project remains in the architectural design and entitlement phase with the City of Bellevue, as Skanska, Mithun + Waugh Thistleton, and other project partners continue to advance plans for the sustainable office development. Located at the corner of 106th […]

Nova appoints Smith as commercial director – Mortgage Strategy

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Nova, the conveyancing partner for estate agents and mortgage brokers, has appointed Andrew Smith as commercial director to support the company’s next stage of growth and strengthen its partner proposition. Smith brings more than 20 years of experience in commercial leadership and business development across property and technology sectors. His career spans senior leadership roles […]

Highest Rates in Over a Year, But There’s a Silver Lining

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Mortgage moved higher today, and while the jump was no larger than the one seen on Monday, both were ‘above average’ and both took rates in the wrong direction. In addition, the steady weakness throughout the month of July finally resulted in yesterday’s rates match the highest level in nearly a year.  In other words, […]

Homebuyers are still paying up for climate risk

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From proximity to a hospital or transportation hub to walking distance from restaurants and shopping, a confluence of so-called “community factors” drive homebuyer preferences and thus the relative attractiveness and value of a given residential property. The likelihood a home may flood or face heightened exposure to wildfires or tornados has become an increasingly urgent […]

When a long-short strategy is right for a client

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Advisors are increasingly turning to tax-aware long-short strategies to help clients diversify concentrated stock positions without immediately realizing large capital gains bills, as investor demand has helped drive more than $150 billion into the strategy, according to industry estimates. Processing Content Several versions of this strategy can be used, depending on clients’ individual situations, and […]

Letter from the Governor to the Daily Mail

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Letter Connor Axiotes is right to draw attention to the seriousness of frontier AI and its potential impact on the risk of cyber attacks (‘Humanity is no longer in control of its most awesome creation since the atom bomb’). But his assertion about the Bank of England’s cyber defences being unsophisticated is totally wrong, unfounded […]

Monetary policy decisions

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23 July 2026 The Governing Council today decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. The outlook for energy prices, while highly volatile, currently stands close to the baseline of the June Eurosystem staff projections and well above the levels recorded prior to the conflict in the Middle East. Uncertainty remains high and […]

How Wealth Firms Can Build High-Performing Teams

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Rapid technological advances, fee compression, evolving client expectations and accelerating industry consolidation are reshaping how wealth management firms compete and grow. The pressure is real—Envestnet reports that advisors not charging for planning dropped from 28% in 2020 to 10% in 2023 —and McKinsey estimates a potential shortfall of 100,000 advisors by 2034, as more seasoned […]