WSJ seeks real estate personal finance writer for Mansion

The Wall Street Journal seeks a writer with voice, authority and style to cover the financial lives of our readers as they navigate home ownership. The writer’s beat will cover the economics of real estate with a focus on the way we live, finding both real people and experts who can weigh in and speak […]

Coverage: New home sales drop to lowest level since 2016

Sales of new U.S. homes slid sharply in October as higher mortgage rates and rising construction costs created significant headwinds for home builders. Laura Kosisto and Harriet Torry of The Wall Street Journal had the news: Purchases of newly built single-family homes fell 8.9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 544,000 in October, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. From a year […]

Charlotte Observer hires economic growth and development reporter

The Charlotte Observer has hired Danielle Chemtob to cover economic growth and development. She will start in January. Chemtob replaces Ely Portillo, who has moved over to the local government and politics beat. Chemtob will graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill in December with a degree in journalism. She interned this past summer at The Wall Street […]

CoStar seeks a entrepreneurship reporter

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 […]

Coverage: Home construction rises 1.5 percent in October

U.S. home construction improved a slight 1.5 percent in October, but in a troubling sign, ground breakings for single-family houses fell. Josh Boak of the Associated Press had the news: The Commerce Department said Tuesday housing starts rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.23 million, up from 1.21 million in September. The gains came […]

D CEO magazine hires Jensen to cover commercial real estate

D CEO magazine has hired Jeremiah Jensen to commercial real estate. Editor Christine Perez writes, “Jensen comes to D from HousingWire, where he wrote about the multihousing sector on a national basis. Pieces included ‘Short-term rentals are the future of real estate,’ and ‘A look at the affordable housing crisis.” Prior to HousingWire, Jensen covered the Dallas-Fort Worth commercial real estate […]

Idaho Business Review paper names new commercial real estate reporter

Steve Sinovic, by the Idaho Business Review as special sections editor earlier this month, is becoming the paper’s commercial real estate reporter. He is replacing Teya Vitu, who is becoming the business editor at The New Mexican in Santa Fe. Sinovic joined the paper from the Albuquerque Journal, where he had been since December 2015, covering the tourism and […]

WSJ seeks two real estate reporters

Emily Nelson, U.S. coverage chief at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement to the staff on Thursday: All, We’re expanding our real estate coverage and adding two new reporting positions in New York. It’s an exciting time to be covering housing and the industry, and these jobs offer a chance to be […]

BizTimes Milwaukee reporter Hess leaving for WPR

Corri Hess, a reporter for BizTimes Milwaukee, is leaving the publication to work for WPR, the public radio station in Wisconsin. Hess will become its Milwaukee reporter on Nov. 5. At Biz Times, she covered commercial real estate, tourism and retail. Hess joined BizTimes in 2015. She has been a reporter since 2001, working at […]

BizTimes Milwaukee seeks a commercial real estate reporter

BizTimes Media (BizTimes Milwaukee & BizTimes.com), an award-winning media company that covers the southeastern Wisconsin business community, is seeking an experienced, dynamic, self-starting reporter to cover the commercial real estate beat. This is an exciting time to cover commercial real estate in southeastern Wisconsin. Downtown Milwaukee is experiencing a renaissance, as are several city neighborhoods. Numerous mixed-use developments […]