Boston Globe seeks a biz reporter to cover housing and cost of living

The Boston Globe is looking for an experienced, ambitious reporter to cover one of the defining challenges facing our region: Housing and the cost of living here. Greater Boston is one of the most expensive housing markets in the country, with home prices and rents that warp so much of life here, from commutes, to […]

Law360 senior reporter Whitford joining City Limits

Emma Whitford has been hired by City Limits as senior housing reporter. She will start at the end of February. Whitford was most recently a senior reporter for Law360, where she covered housing and real estate, including reporting on New York housing courts and the state’s handling of its pandemic rent relief program. Whitford was previously […]

NAREE seeks entries for real estate journalism contest

The National Association of Real Estate Editors has issued a call for entries for NAREE’s 73rd Annual Journalism Competition. Deadline: Enter on www.naree.org between Feb. 1 and March 1, 2023, 11:59 p.m. EST. NAREE’s journalism competition is for work published or aired in 2022. NAREE’s journalism competition is open to reporters, columnists, writers, editors, and freelancers covering commercial […]

Money real estate editor Sharf leaves for Buy Side from WSJ

Samantha Sharf, the real estate editor for Money, has left to become deputy money editor at Buy Side from WSJ, its commerce site. She had been at Money since June 2020. Sharf previously spent eight years at Forbes as a producer, markets and personal finance reporter, and real estate staff writer. She is a graduate […]

CoStar seeks a reporter in San Francisco

CoStar Group has served as a respected source of news for the commercial real estate industry for more than two decades, and now we are now expanding our award-winning news platform by adding positions and resources to take our journalism to the next level. We are seeking a talented and motivated journalist to report and […]

CoStar interested in NewsCorp’s Move

CoStar Group, which operates a real estate news service, express interest in investing or acquiring News Corp.’s stake in real estate business move, reports Lauren Fischer, Katie Robertson and Benjamin Mullin of The New York Times. Fischer, Robertson and Mullin report, “The CoStar Group, a provider of data and marketing services to the commercial real estate industry, […]

Argus Leader biz reporter moves to real estate beat

Symmone Gauer, a business reporter for the Sioux Falls Argus Leader in South Dakota, is moving to the real estate and development beat for the paper. Shelly Conlon of the Argus Leader writes, “That effort will stretch anywhere from the latest HGTV housing show to come to our great city, to affordable housing, evictions and […]

Real estate news: From an historic home to a new downtown tower

Lisa Vernon Sparks of The Charlotte Observer interviewed Gordon Rago, its growth and development reporter, about his job. Here is an excerpt: What excites you about this field? I enjoy meeting new people, learning about new communities and tackling complex issues. What is the most interesting aspect of your beat/job? That beat can mean a lot of […]

Inside Mortgage Finance seeks a reporter

Inside Mortgage Finance, an award-winning specialized information publisher, is seeking an experienced journalist to research and report on mortgage-related issues as part of a small but strong editorial team. We’re looking for someone who can sift through various federal regulations and other industry sources to conceive, develop and write original articles. You will investigate and […]

NY Biz Journal hires Jones as a reporter

The New York Business Journal has hired Sasha Jones as a reporter covering economic development. Editor Ed Stych writes, “Prior to joining the New York Business Journal, Jones was a reporter for the The Real Deal, where she covered retail and residential real estate in NYC. “‘Sasha has a reputation in the city as a strong, innovative journalist of […]