CoStar hires Baron a senior copy editor
Real estate news service CoStar has hired Jeffrey Baron as a senior copy editor. He spent nearly 12 years as a copy editor with AARP and more than a decade with The Washington Post as a copy editor. Baron also worked for The Associated Press and for the Journal Newspapers in Springfield, Virginia. He is a University […]
Real estate information service CoStar lays off staff
CoStar Group, which operates a real estate news service, has laid off some editorial staff in its Richmond, Virginia, operations. Among those laid off were Eric Garwood, a content editor for its Homes.com operation, and Meredith Rosenberg, who had been covering architecture and real estate. Rosenberg wrote on LinkedIn that her team was laid off. […]
CoStar makes offer for Australian company
CoStar, which operates a real estate news service in the United States, has offered $1.68 billion for Australia’s second-largest property advertiser, reports Stuart Condie of The Wall Street Journal. Condie reports, “CoStar, which operates U.S. portals including Homes.com, made a nonbinding all-cash proposal for Domain worth 4.20 Australian dollars, equivalent to about US$2.66, per share. […]
CoStar hires Woods as regional editor
Real estate news service CoStar has hired Eileen McEleney Woods as a regional editor for Homes.com Woods has been editor of the Sunday real estate section at the Boston Globe for the past eight years. She has been at the Globe for 25 years. “Homes.com has assembled a team of talented writers for its residential real estate […]
CoStar hires San Juan as a reporter
Rebecca San Juan, a former real estate reporter at the Miami Herald, has been hired by CoStar News as a reporter in the Washington, DC area. San Juan will be covering federal housing policy and national residential news. At The Herald, she had been writing about the real estate industry, covering news about industrial, commercial, […]
CoStar has hired Harms to cover Houston
CoStar News has hired Natalie Harms as a reporter for Hotel News Now in Houston. She has been covering tech and startups in Houston as inaugural editor of InnovationMap and energy transition for EnergyCapitalHTX. Harms previously spent three years as associate editor of the Houston Business Journal. He is a graduate of the University of Houston.
CoStar hires Broderick to cover Chicago residential real estate
CoStar News has hired Caroline Broderick to cover Chicago residential real estate. Broderick has been editor of Custom Builder Online, Pro Builder, since June 2024. Before that, she was managing editor of Pro Remodeler and associate editor of Pro Builder. She also worked at the Boston Guardian as an editorial assistant. Broderick is a graduate of Emerson […]
Wilbert elected president of NAREE
Tony Wilbert, a regional editor at CoStar News and a long-time volunteer with the National Association of Real Estate Editors, has been elected and installed as 2025 NAREE president. At CoStar News, Tony oversees coverage of commercial real estate in the Washington, D.C. and Canadian markets. He produces CoStar News’ twice-weekly People and Canadian newsletters. […]
CoStar hires Brooks as a New York residential reporter
Real estate news service CoStar News has hired Khristophr J. Brooks as a reporter covering New York residential real estate. He has been at CBS Moneywatch for the past five years covering economic disparities for the personal finance website. Before that, he had been covering town government for Newsday. Brooks previously covered innovation and entrepreneurship for the […]
CoStar hires Scheier to cover San Francisco market
Real estate news service CoStar News has hired Rachel Scheier to cover the San Francisco commercial market. She most recently was news editor at the San Francisco Standard. Before that, she was a contributing writer for Kaiser Health News. She was previously based in Cairo, where she covered Egypt for the Los Angeles Times. She was also […]
