Coverage: Hurricane Florence, higher mortgage rates hurt homebuilding
U.S. homebuilding dropped more than expected in September as construction activity in the South fell by the most in nearly three years, likely held down by Hurricane Florence. Lucia Mutikani of Reuters had the news: Other details of the report published by the Commerce Department on Wednesday were also soft. Building permits declined to their lowest […]
WSJ seeks a residential real estate reporter
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter to cover the residential real estate market, a high-profile beat and one of great importance to our readers. This reporter will join the beat at an exciting time, when growth in some of the country’s hottest housing markets has cooled, foreign buyers are pulling back, and […]
Inman News hires BuzzFeed’s Dalrymple as a reporter
Jim Dalrymple II, a reporter at BuzzFeed, has been hired by Inman News to cover real estate. He started Monday. “Its been an amazing 4.5 years w/ the awesome @BuzzFeedNews team & it was tough to say goodbye. But I’m super excited for what comes next!” wrote Dalrymple on Twitter. Dalrymple had been at BuzzFeed […]
Coverage: Mortgage rates hit a seven-year high
Mortgage rates are at their highest levels since April 2011 as Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year fixed-rate average jumped to 4.90 percent with an average 0.5 point. Kathy Orton of The Washington Post had the news: The 19-basis-point jump (a basis point is 0.01 percentage point) was the largest one-week spike in the 30-year rate […]
Albuquerque Journal seeks retail/commercial real estate reporter
The Albuquerque Journal is looking for an aggressive, competitive reporter to cover retail, commercial real estate and the hospitality industry for its business desk. The position involves a mix of stories for daily print and digital products and longer takeouts for our weekly business magazine. We’re looking for someone who knows how to build a […]
Indianapolis Biz Journal hires Shuey to cover real estate
The Indianapolis Business Journal has hired Mickey Shuey to cover real estate, tourism and sports business. Shuey is currently a business reporter at the Palladium-Item, a Gannett paper in Richmond, Indiana. At that paper, he has been covering jobs announcements, workforce development, new businesses, restaurant news and investigative pieces. His last day there will be Oct. 16 […]
Kansas City Biz Journal seeks real estate and development reporter
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 explaining not just the dollar value, but the broad impact, of new projects, new employers and new players. The Kansas City Business Journal is looking for someone who […]
Inside CoStar’s aggressive strategy
Konrad Putzier, David Jeans, Christian Bautista and Nancy C. Carvajal of The Real Deal examine CoStar Group, the company that has been expanding its real estate news operation across the country, and its aggressive strategy. Putzier, Jeans, Bautista and Carvajal write, “At the core of CoStar’s business is a detailed database of commercial properties — […]
Two Bloomberg reporters leave organization
Two more Bloomberg News reporters have left the organization. David Levitt, who covered commercial real estate for Bloomberg, left Monday after nearly 18 years at the company. On Facebook, Levitt posted that he had “nothing definite lined up.” Levitt holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree in […]
CoStar seeks a chief copy editor in DC
CoStar is expanding its news platform with the addition of several newsroom positions and additional resources to take its journalism to the next level. This is a great opportunity for an experienced, detail-oriented and highly organized copy editor to support CoStar’s expanding news team based in our Washington, DC headquarters. Previous copy-editing newsroom experience for […]
