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Where New-Construction Home Sales Grew the Most in 2025 Link

• Wilson County, Tennessee, and Maricopa County, Arizona, tied for the top spot with a 44% surge in new-home sales.

• The South and West dominated the growth rankings because these areas generally have more flexible zoning laws that allow builders to create more affordable inventory.

• Will County, Illinois, was the only Midwestern spot in the top 10, showing a 24% increase in sales while the average size of those homes actually dropped by 23%.

Institutional Investors Are Taking Up The Biggest Share in These 5 Metros Link

• The five southern metros where investors bought the largest share of homes in 2025 are Memphis, Huntsville, Fayetteville, Birmingham, and Dallas.

• Memphis topped the list with institutional investors accounting for 14.8% of all home sales during the year.

• These areas are popular with big investors because they combine relatively low purchase prices with high rental demand and steady job growth.

How Incomes Have Changed in Every State Over the Last 50 Years Link

• Utah saw the highest income growth at nearly 78%, while West Virginia was the only state where median household income actually dropped since 1970.

• High levels of education and a large share of immigrants were the biggest factors tied to rising incomes across the country.

• Even though some states saw huge pay bumps, those gains were often swallowed up by rising home prices, making housing less affordable than in states with slower income growth.

• MaterialSpace, construction planning tech, raised a $7M seed led by StageOne.

• GoCanopy, an OS for RE investors stack, raised a €2.1M seed round led by ISAI.

• Property Finder, an Emirati STR marketplace, raised $170M led by Mubadala.

Charlotte Led the Nation for Job Gains in 2025 Link

• Charlotte took the top spot by adding 37,600 new jobs in 2025, which was over 20,000 more than they saw the previous year.

• While Charlotte grew, the national trend showed a sharp slowdown, with major hubs like New York and Houston seeing significantly smaller gains than they did in 2024.

• Nearly a third of the top 150 markets actually reported annual job losses, including big names like Los Angeles, Seattle, and Washington, DC.

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Lofty and Breezy Unveil AI Operating Systems link 

The launch of these dedicated AI operating systems signals a shift from fragmented tools toward centralized platforms that manage the entire U.S. real estate lifecycle through autonomous workflows.

Agentsy raises $700,000 pre-seed to build 'AI agents' for real estate link 

This fresh injection of capital highlights the growing investor appetite for "autonomous agents" capable of handling complex administrative tasks that previously required human oversight.

Zumper Launches First Rental Search App in ChatGPT Store link

By integrating directly into ChatGPT, Zumper is pioneering a conversational search model that could fundamentally replace traditional filter-based property browsing for U.S. renters.

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