US data-center land deals jump 79% as powered sites draw ~$6B
Reported September 8, 2026, US data-center land deals rose 79% in the first half of 2026, with investors spending nearly $6 billion on future data-center sites. Premium powered lan…
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Proptech raises $8.7B in 2026 as four of five biggest deals land outside the US
Global real estate tech startups raised about $8.7B across 794 deals through August 2026, down from $12.3B in all of 2025. Four of the five largest 2026 deals were outside the US,…
US office vacancy holds at 17.7% as listing rents hit $33.58 per sq ft
The national office vacancy rate was 17.7% in July 2026, down 130 basis points year-over-year, per Yardi Matrix data in the monthly national office report. Average listing rates re…
US apartment rents post first positive August since 2022, median $1,390
The national median apartment rent rose 0.1% from July to August 2026, the first positive August reading since 2022, reaching $1,390, per Apartment List (reported by CNBC on Aug 27…
Proptech seed rounds swell to $6.3M average in 2026
The average proptech seed round rose to $6.3M in 2026 (up from $3.6M in 2022), with more than half now $5M or larger, per MetaProp tracking cited by Commercial Observer on Aug 25,…
US asking rents near $2,000, rising at fastest annual pace in over a year
Zillow reported the typical US asking rent climbed to $1,962 in July 2026, up 2.3% year over year, the fastest annual pace in more than a year. Single-family rents rose 3% to $2,31…
US office vacancy falls to 17.7% in July 2026 as conversions trim supply
CommercialCafe's August 2026 national office report puts vacancy at 17.7%, down 130 basis points year-over-year, with average asking rents up 2.6% YoY to $33.58/sq ft. Office sales…
Apartments.com raises US rent-growth forecast as multifamily vacancy falls to 4.3%
On Aug 12, 2026 Apartments.com raised its US apartment rent-growth forecast, now expecting 1.4% in Q3 2026, a 70-basis-point upward revision. CBRE pegged Q2 2026 multifamily vacanc…
CoStar raises 2026 US apartment rent-growth forecast; vacancy seen at 8.2%
In an Aug 12, 2026 update, Apartments.com/CoStar revised US multifamily rent growth upward—from 0.8% in Q2 to 1.4% in Q3 and 1.9% in Q4 2026—citing stronger employment and the abso…
Yardi Matrix: US apartment rents up just ~1% in H1 2026 as supply floods
Yardi Matrix's Aug 5, 2026 report shows US multifamily asking rents grew about 1% year-over-year through mid-2026 (0.7% in Q2), with a full-year 2026 forecast of just 1.4%—down fro…
US office vacancy drops to 18.3% in Q2 2026 as rents rise fastest in 6 years
CBRE's Q2 2026 report shows US office vacancy fell 30 basis points to 18.3%, the largest quarterly decline since 2015, while average asking rent rose 2.6% year over year to $37.58…
US office leasing hits a post-pandemic high as availability tightens
JLL's Q2 2026 US office report (July 27, 2026) shows leasing volume set a new post-pandemic high and is up 27% over the trailing 12 months versus the prior 5-year average, with ove…
US coworking inventory hits 9,384 locations, up 248 in Q2 2026
US flex-office inventory reached 9,384 locations by the end of Q2 2026, a net gain of 248 spaces (up 2.7%) from 9,136 the prior quarter, per CoworkingCafe's national report publish…
US coworking hits 9,384 locations; median membership now $219/month
CoworkingCafe's Q2 2026 report (published Jul 23, 2026) counts 9,384 US coworking spaces across 166.36M sq ft, up 2.7% in locations and 1.5% in square footage quarter-over-quarter,…
US office vacancy eases to 17.7% in June 2026 as conversions accelerate
CommercialCafe's national office report (July 2026) put the US office vacancy rate at 17.7% in June, down 170 basis points year-over-year, with average asking rent of $33.67/sq ft…
Opportunity Zones made permanent; new rolling cycle starts for 2026-27 investors
Under the OBBBA, Opportunity Zones are now a permanent program with zones redesignated every 10 years; the first new cycle begins July 1, 2026 (designations effective Jan 1, 2027).…
US data-center construction hits $50.7B rate, passing office building spend
New Census data show private data-center construction reached a $50.7 billion seasonally adjusted annual rate in April 2026, up roughly 27% year over year and surpassing general pr…