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Real Estate News 20 June 2025 - 11 October 2025

Live Like 007: £3M “Skyfall” Mansion Packed with Bond Memorabilia Hits the Market

Live Like 007: £3M “Skyfall” Mansion Packed with Bond Memorabilia Hits the Market

A Bond-Packed Palace: “Skyfall” Estate Goes On Sale Agents tout Skyfall as “truly breathtaking and completely unique”rightmove.co.uk. Every corner is themed – even a silver Aston Martin-style sculpture adorns the entrance. The six-bed villa was carefully renovated by its owners with attention to Bond lore (led by late designer Jamie Hempsall)jamesbondlifestyle.com. The Telegraph noted Skyfall’s turreted, fairy-tale appearancejamesbondlifestyle.com, and local folklore (incorrectly) linked it to actor Rowan Atkinson. Now it’s officially on the market for offers above £2,950,000rightmove.co.uk (reports round up to “£3 million”magzter.com). Inside, Bond fans will be in heaven. The library displays rare Aston Martin DB5 blueprintsjamesbondlifestyle.com. A curved chimney in the games
11 October 2025
Opendoor’s Wild 2025 Ride: 1600% Stock Surge, Crypto Moves, and a Real Estate Rebound – What’s Next for OPEN?

Opendoor’s Wild 2025 Ride: 1600% Stock Surge, Crypto Moves, and a Real Estate Rebound – What’s Next for OPEN?

Stock Performance & Financial Snapshot (Early October 2025) Opendoor’s stock has experienced a remarkable whipsaw in 2025. After languishing below $1 per share as recently as late June, OPEN exploded into one of the year’s top gainers by the fall. The rally was so rapid – peaking at +1600% off the lows – that Opendoor went from near-penny-stock status (and facing a Nasdaq delisting) to an $8–$10 stock in a matter of months ts2.tech. By October 6, 2025, shares settled in the high single digits (~$8-9), valuing the company around $6 billion market cap ts2.tech. Even at that level, Opendoor was
Rocket Pro’s AI Revolution: How No‑Poaching Pledges and New Tools Could Redefine Mortgage Brokerage

Rocket Pro’s AI Revolution: How No‑Poaching Pledges and New Tools Could Redefine Mortgage Brokerage

Rocket’s Broker Manifesto: Promises Designed to Win Trust Brokers have long complained that retail lenders offer competitive wholesale pricing only to poach clients or cross‑sell other products later. At RPX 2025, Rocket Pro addressed these fears head‑on. Its Partner Promises include pledges to respect brokers’ client relationships, provide the best pricing and flexible turn times, protect broker data, and build technology that works faster and smarter housingwire.com. Executives emphasised that the company’s retail and wholesale divisions are separated by a “firewall,” assuring brokers that “we will never contact your client without your permission” housingwire.com. The manifesto also commits Rocket to never charging
Opendoor’s Meteoric Comeback: How Meme Hype and Housing Hopes Fueled a 1600% Stock Surge

Opendoor’s Meteoric Comeback: How Meme Hype and Housing Hopes Fueled a 1600% Stock Surge

Full Breakdown of Opendoor Technologies (OPEN) as of September 24, 2025 Opendoor’s Roller-Coaster 2025 Rally Opendoor Technologies has had a whirlwind year in 2025, transforming from a beaten-down afterthought into a retail trader darling. By early July, the San Francisco-based iBuyer’s stock languished below $1 – so low that Opendoor faced Nasdaq delisting for failing to meet the $1 minimum share price. The company even scheduled a shareholder vote to approve a reverse stock split to rescue its listing benzinga.com. Then came an unexpected savior from social media. In mid-July, hedge fund manager Eric Jackson began tweeting a wildly bullish thesis, proclaiming Opendoor could
Thailand Real Estate Market 2025: Boom Times or Bubble? Surprising Trends Unveiled Across Bangkok, Phuket & Beyond

Thailand Real Estate Market 2025: Boom Times or Bubble? Surprising Trends Unveiled Across Bangkok, Phuket & Beyond

Key Facts Introduction: A Market at a Crossroads Thailand’s real estate industry in 2025 is navigating a post-pandemic crossroads – with certain sectors booming and others facing headwinds. On one hand, tourists and foreign investors are back in force, filling hotels and snapping up condos in beach towns. Industrial parks in the Eastern Economic Corridor are buzzing with new factories. On the other hand, developers in Bangkok are treading carefully, scaling back new housing projects amid oversupply and higher borrowing costs. The overall picture is one of resilience: the property market is recovering from the COVID-era slump, but growth is
Spain’s Real Estate Boom in 2025: Surging Prices, Foreign Buyers & New Opportunities

Spain’s Real Estate Boom in 2025: Surging Prices, Foreign Buyers & New Opportunities

Residential Real Estate: Prices, Sales & Rentals House prices are soaring. Spain’s housing market is in a clear upswing, with nationwide price growth accelerating over the past two years. In 2024, home prices jumped about 7% (inflation +4.6%), the fastest annual rise since the 2000s boom globalpropertyguide.com globalpropertyguide.com. By early 2025 the momentum continued – Q1 2025 prices were up 11.2% year-on-year according to property portal Idealista globalpropertyguide.com. This rally is broad-based: all 19 regions of Spain saw significant price increases in 2024 globalpropertyguide.com. For instance, Andalucía’s prices leapt ~13% year-on-year, with similarly strong gains in Aragon, Navarra, Valencia and
2 September 2025
Australian Property Boom 2025: Record Prices, Rental Squeeze & What’s Next for the Market

Australian Property Boom 2025: Record Prices, Rental Squeeze & What’s Next for the Market

Key 2025 Market Highlights Residential Market Overview: Prices, Rents and Affordability After a brief downturn, the residential property market rebounded strongly through 2025. August marked the seventh consecutive month of home price gains, with values rising +0.7% nationally for the month abc.net.au. Prices are now up ~4% year-on-year, and the median Australian dwelling costs about $849,000 abc.net.au michaelwest.com.au. This broad recovery has lifted nearly every region – in August, values climbed in every state except Tasmania michaelwest.com.au – and experts note it’s being driven by classic supply-demand imbalance. “Once again we are seeing a clear mismatch between available supply and
2 September 2025
Kuala Lumpur Real Estate 2025: Surprising Trends, Price Shifts & Bold Outlook

Kuala Lumpur Real Estate 2025: Surprising Trends, Price Shifts & Bold Outlook

Malaysia’s GDP grew about 5.3% in 2024 and is forecast around 4.5–5% in 2025. In the first nine months of 2024, total property deals nationwide rose 6.2% year-on-year with values up 14.4%. The Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) financial district and the Merdeka 118 mega-tower have reinforced Greater Kuala Lumpur’s status as an economic hub. Knight Frank’s KL prime residences index rose 0.2% year-on-year in Q1 2025, signaling stabilization after volatility. KL average home value was around RM794,000 (about US$180,000) as of end-2024, the highest in Malaysia. KL housing completions surged 42.5% in 2024 to 10,712 units, with over 18,900 new
Kraków Real Estate Market 2025 – Comprehensive Report

Kraków Real Estate Market 2025 – Comprehensive Report

In 2025 Kraków’s real estate market remains robust with high demand across residential, commercial, and industrial segments, after 2024 saw price growth slow to single digits following earlier double-digit spikes. Residential prices surged in early 2024 to about 14,600 PLN/m² for transactions, with asking prices around 16,000–17,000 PLN/m² and Q2 2024 offers averaging 16,816 PLN/m² against 14,585 PLN/m² closed. Gross residential yields are around 5% in Kraków, with city-center rents typically 50–70 PLN/m² and a 50 m² flat renting 2,500–3,500 PLN per month. Office market end-2024 stock reached 1.83 million m², with a 19.0% vacancy in Q4 2024 and 267,000
21 June 2025
Poland Real Estate Market 2025: Trends, Prices, Yields and Outlook

Poland Real Estate Market 2025: Trends, Prices, Yields and Outlook

In 2024 Poland’s commercial property investment volume exceeded €5 billion, rising about 142% year-on-year. In May 2025, the National Bank of Poland cut the reference rate to 5.25%, the first reduction since 2023. Bezpieczny Kredyt 2% boosted home loans in 2024 to PLN 83.9 billion, up 43.2% from 2023. In Q1 2025, Warsaw resale housing averaged 16,459 PLN/m² (+8.1% YoY) and new development averaged 16,383 PLN/m² (+3.1%). As of March 2025, rents were: Warsaw 4,906 PLN/month, Kraków 3,273, Wrocław 3,057, Tri-City 3,164, Poznań 2,564, and Łódź 2,191. Gross residential rental yields average 6.13% nationwide, with Bydgoszcz ~6.65%, Warsaw ~6.5%, and
21 June 2025
Warsaw Real Estate Market 2025 –Comprehensive Report

Warsaw Real Estate Market 2025 –Comprehensive Report

In 2024 Poland’s total commercial property investment was about €4.5–5.0 billion, more than double 2023. Warsaw generates about 24% of Poland’s national GDP, underscoring its role as the country’s economic engine. Foreign capital dominated 2024’s commercial acquisitions, accounting for over 90% of investment. In Q1 2025, Warsaw’s average apartment price was around PLN 16,400 per m², roughly €3,500–€4,000 per m², with a typical city-center two-bedroom costing about €230,000–€350,000. Average monthly rents in early 2025 were about PLN 4,900 for a mid-sized Warsaw apartment, with gross yields around 6.5%. The Build-to-Rent segment comprises over 21,000 rental units across Poland, about 40%
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Stock Market Today

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Seagate shares rose 5.9% to $429.32 Friday after Citigroup raised its price target to $480 and reiterated a buy rating. The gain ended a two-day slide but left the stock 6.6% below its Feb. 3 high. CEO Dave Mosley sold 20,000 shares on Feb. 2 under a pre-arranged plan, SEC filings show. U.S. jobs and inflation data next week are seen as key tests for tech stocks.
Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

7 February 2026
Cummins shares jumped 6.8% to $577.73 Friday, recovering from a nearly 9% post-earnings drop the day before. The company reported Q4 revenue up 1% to $8.54 billion, took a $218 million charge tied to its hydrogen business, and guided for 2026 EBITDA of 17–18% of sales. Demand for data center generators offset weakness in North American truck markets. Analyst reaction was mixed; Truist raised its price target.
Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

7 February 2026
Corning shares surged 8.3% to $122.16 Friday, their highest close since the dot-com era, after Meta agreed to buy up to $6 billion in fiber-optic cables. The stock is up 40% since late 2025, fueled by strong first-quarter guidance and AI data-center demand. Insiders sold shares following the rally, SEC filings show. Investors await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data for rate signals.
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