Author name: Ricky Vasquez

Scale is now table stakes for private builders, Eastwood proves it

Word that Eastwood Homes would acquire Atlanta-based Peachtree Building Group on Tuesday came as any private-to-private combination might. An energized, well-led, fast-growing Carolinas-based private homebuilder was expanding its reach and deepening its foothold in one of America’s most strategically attractive housing markets. What we learn as the story behind the transaction – the one that […]

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Zillow and CoStar continue to spar over Matterport 3D tours

More than six months after Zillow first pulled Matterport’s 3D tours from its website in October 2025, due to Matterport’s updated terms of service, the two companies are still debating whether Zillow can display the tours on its website.  In a statement on Wednesday, Matterport president Rob Hines wrote that his firm has “repeatedly told

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Mamdani’s $22 billion ‘grand bargain’ for NYC affordable housing

Zohran Mamdani ran for mayor on one promise: make New York City affordable again. This week, he moved to further dismantle the rules New York spent decades erecting to prevent residential density. Mamdani released a 10-year housing plan pledging to build 200,000 new affordable homes while preserving 200,000 more. “These are the most ambitious affordable

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