Coverage: Housing sales drop to three-year low
Existing-home sales ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.99 million in December, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday, the lowest since November 2015. Sales were down 6.4 percent for the month, and 10.3 percent lower than the year-ago rate. Andrea Riquier of MarketWatch.com had the news: In December, home showings were 7.2% lower than a […]
St. Louis Public Radio seeks an economic development reporter
St. Louis Public Radio, an NPR affiliate, is seeking a reporter to cover efforts throughout the region to expand the economy and grow more jobs. This position will delve into what government, university and business leaders are doing to create more opportunity in St. Louis, as well as identifying what’s holding the region back. We’re […]
Houston Biz Journal seeks commercial real estate reporter
The Houston Business Journal is looking for a top-notch reporter to cover commercial real estate. The real estate beat is the essence of top-level reporting. It requires building — and working — strong source networks to dig out deals before the competition and reporting both the dollar value and the broad impact of new projects, […]
Minneapolis/St. Paul Biz Journal seeks residential real estate/homebuilding reporter
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal is looking for a reporter who can marry strong traditional journalism skills – source building, sharp news judgment, interviewing prowess, strong analytical and investigative reporting, clear writing, document use – with online and social media know-how. Whatever the platform, this reporter will produce content that is accompanied by perspective and […]
Dallas Morning News loses two biz reporters as part of layoffs
The Dallas Morning News laid off two business reporters as part of its layoffs that are trimming 40 positions — 20 in the newsroom. The two who were cut are energy and environment reporter Jeff Mosier and retail and real estate reporter Karen Robinson-Jacobs. Mosier is a 23-year veteran of The Dallas Morning News with […]
Kansas City Biz Journal seeks a commercial real estate reporter
Kansas City Business Journal is looking for a top-notch reporter to cover commercial real estate. The real estate beat is the essence of top-level reporting. It requires building — and working — strong source networks to dig out deals before the competition and reporting both the dollar value and the broad impact of new projects, […]
Austin Biz Journal hires Edgemon to cover real estate
Erin Edgemon has been hired to cover real estate at Austin Business Journal. A story on its website states, “Most recently, she spent six years as a reporter in Birmingham, Ala., for Alabama Media Group, which owns The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and other media outlets. She also spent about a decade as a journalist […]
CoStar hires Lawson as entrepreneurship reporter
Richard Lawson has been hired by CoStar Group as an entrepreneurship reporter. He will be based in Atlanta and write stories geared toward entrepreneurs who are seeking office and retail spaces and have other commercial real estate requirements. Lawson spent the last two years at Crain Communications as an editor, managing and creating custom digital […]
CoStar seeks a regional editor in Washington
CoStar has served as a respected source of news for the fast-paced commercial real estate industry for more than two decades. Our award-winning, industry-focused news informs subscribers and complements CoStar’s role as the industry’s leading source of commercial real estate information and data. Fortune Magazine recently named CoStar Group top 100 fastest growing companies in […]
CEO blames housing slowdown on the media
Toll Brothers CEO Douglas Yearly blamed media reports about the housing market for the slowdown in sales, reports Michael Sheetz of CNBC.com. Sheetz writes, “‘In November, we saw the market soften further, which we attribute to the cumulative impact of rising interest rates and the effect on buyer sentiment of well-publicized reports of a housing […]
