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Manhattan Rents Are Up 9.0% as All Four Boroughs Post Increases in Realtor.com ®'s Q2 2026 NYC Rental Report AUSTIN, Texas, July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's college graduates heading to New York City for work are looking at the most expensive rental market the city has posted since Realtor.com® began tracking in 2019. The median asking rent climbed to $3,707 in the second quarter of 2026, up $164, or 4.6%, year over year.

News Corp , facing a lawsuit by search engine Brave Software, has filed a countersuit accusing it ‌of "flagrant theft" in distributing and selling versions of articles from the Wall Street Journal and New York Post to AI companies.

U.S. consumer sentiment hit a five-month high as energy costs fell. CTAS, CZR, NCLH, NWSA and VIK are five consumer discretionary picks for H2 2026.

It Now Takes a $78,000 Income to Buy a Starter Home, Up From $43,000 in 2019, According to a New Report from Realtor.com ® AUSTIN, Texas, July 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The national starter home shortage that peaked in 2022 is beginning to ease, but a new Realtor.com ®  report finds the recovery is anything but even. Nationally, there are roughly 300,000 fewer homes priced under $350,000 on the market today than in June 2019, and the typical starter home now costs $344,000, up from $256,000 seven years ago.

Transactions Grew for the Third Straight Year But Remain a Small Slice of the Market, According to a New Realtor.com ® Report AUSTIN, Texas, July 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Realtor.com® finds that short sales, an alternative to foreclosure for underwater homeowners, are growing. Short sales remain a small slice of the market: fewer than 30,000 took place in the U.S. in 2025, accounting for roughly 0.6% of all typical home sales and 28% of distressed sales.

Film and television production and distribution companies like WMG, NWSA, CNK and CURI are thriving despite heavy spending on original programming and exclusive rights.

New technology investments will streamline planning, vendor selection, and move coordination while connecting consumers with trusted moving professionals BROADVIEW, Ill., July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- National Holding Company, one of the nation's most established moving and transportation enterprises, today announced the acquisition of Moving.com, one of the most recognized online moving marketplaces in the United States, and MoveAI, an AI-powered moving concierge technology designed to simplify the relocation process for consumers.

A new Realtor.com ® report traces how Congress has intervened — again and again — to make the American dream financially possible, and what it would take to do it once more AUSTIN, Texas, June 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As the United States marks 250 years of independence, just over 65% of American households own their homes, a rate that did not arrive by accident. A new Realtor.com® analysis of federal housing legislation finds that significant surges in U.S. homeownership have each been preceded by an act of Congress, from the Homestead Act of 1862 to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, and that the tools to move the needle again exist today.

How Timing and Pricing Shape Your Home's Final Sale Price, according to a New Realtor.com ® Report AUSTIN, Texas, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The bidding war era is over. A new report from Realtor.com ® shows the average home is now selling below its asking price, a sharp U-turn from the pandemic frenzy of 2021 and 2022.

After years of post-pandemic highs, the era of outsized down payments is beginning to unwind AUSTIN, Texas, May 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The typical down payment fell to $23,400 in the first quarter of 2026, the lowest level since 2021, according to the latest Realtor.com ®  Down Payment Report. That represents a 19% decline year-over-year and the fourth consecutive quarterly drop, as rising inventory and moderating prices give buyers more negotiating room and reduce the pressure to lead with an outsized down payment.