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News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS) reported fiscal 2026 fourth quarter revenues of $2.34 billion, up 11% from $2.11 billion, with net income from continuing operations rising 167% to $230 million and Total Segment EBITDA increasing 31% to $423 million. Q4 EPS from continuing operations were $0.33 (adjusted EPS $0.35) versus $0.09 and $0.19, respectively.
For fiscal 2026, revenues increased 7% to $9.03 billion, net income from continuing operations rose 15% to $743 million, and Total Segment EBITDA grew 15% to $1.63 billion. Operating cash flow increased 26% to $1.24 billion and free cash flow rose 42% to $811 million. Growth was led by Digital Real Estate Services, Dow Jones and Book Publishing, with Dow Jones digital revenues at 84% of segment revenues and Digital Real Estate Services Q4 revenues up 19%.
Realtor.com, part of News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS), released a report analyzing how the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) payout program could influence U.S. housing policy. The Act links CDBG allocations to local housing stock growth, boosting grants for communities that expand housing and trimming awards for those that fall short.
According to Realtor.com, the median city’s CDBG award equals just 0.33% of total revenue, with a median potential penalty of about $84,000, suggesting limited leverage in most large cities. The analysis, using 2023 HUD, Census and Realtor.com data, finds the incentives are most consequential in smaller, post‑industrial Midwest and Northeast markets where grants form a larger budget share and new construction is scarce.
Among large cities, the report highlights Milwaukee, Detroit, Toledo, Newark, Cleveland, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Jersey City, Saint Louis and Minneapolis, which all rely more heavily on CDBG funds and have new‑construction listing shares far below the 17.9% national average (as low as 1.3%). New homes in many of these markets carry substantial price premiums, signaling constrained new supply. The program is designed to be self‑funding, with penalties financing bonuses, and exempts cities with limited zoning authority, high rental vacancies, low fair‑market rents or recent federally declared disasters. The median grant among analyzed cities was $839,525 in 2023.
Realtor.com, a News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) company, reported that in July 2026 the U.S. median listing price was $428,950, essentially flat month over month but down 2.4% year over year, the ninth straight annual decline. The share of homes with a price reduction rose to 20.0%, 1.2 percentage points above June and just 0.6 points below July 2025, while pending listings increased 1.3% year over year, the eighth consecutive month of growth.
The median home spent 57 days on market, four days longer than June but one day less than a year earlier, matching the pre-pandemic July norm. Active listings reached 1,126,252, up 2.1% year over year but still 11.6% below typical 2017–2019 levels. Regionally, inventory grew fastest in the Midwest (+9.3%) and Northeast (+8.3%), while list prices fell most in the West (-3.9% YoY) and South (-2.5%), and price-per-square-foot gains were concentrated in the Midwest and Northeast.
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS), via Realtor.com, reports that Los Angeles County’s median asking rent fell to $2,603 in Q2 2026, down 3.4% year over year and 9.6% below its 2022 peak, the lowest level since late 2021. Smaller units (0–2 beds) had a median rent of $2,255, down 3.6% year over year and 11.8% below peak, while 3+ bedroom units averaged $3,441, down 3.0% and 15.5% from peak.
For Class of 2026 graduates, a typical Los Angeles County studio at $2,004 would consume an estimated 25.7% of a Computer Science graduate’s salary and around or above 30% for Business, Social Science and Communications majors, versus lower national shares. Within the City of Los Angeles, median asking rent is $2,742, 2.0% lower year over year but still 3.8% above pre‑pandemic levels, implying income of about $109,680 is needed to meet the 30% rent guideline.
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS), via Realtor.com, reports New York City’s Q2 2026 median asking rent reached $3,707, up 4.6% year over year and 30.5% above pre‑pandemic levels, making it the city’s highest since tracking began in 2019.
A studio in New York City has a median asking rent of $3,116, consuming 38.2% of a projected Computer Science graduate’s $98,000 salary and 45.2% of a Business graduate’s $83,000 salary, roughly double the national rent burden for new grads across the 50 largest metros.
Entry‑level units (0–2 bedrooms) show a 7.3% annual rent increase to $3,544, while 3+ bedroom units dipped 0.6% to $4,886. By borough, Q2 2026 median asking rents and year‑over‑year gains were: Manhattan $5,117 (+9.0%), Brooklyn $4,054 (+5.9%), Queens $3,561 (+5.6%), and the Bronx $3,171 (+0.9%).
Realtor.com (NWS) reports that 23.1% of U.S. homes, worth an estimated $11.2 trillion, face severe or extreme wind, flood or wildfire risk, yet buyer interest in many high-risk areas matches or exceeds that in nearby lower-risk markets.
Homeowners in severe or extreme risk areas already face higher holding costs. According to Realtor.com, median monthly HOA fees for these homes are $192, 53.6% higher than the $125 median for lower-risk homes, with the largest percentage gaps in Delaware, South Carolina and Oregon. Active National Flood Insurance Program policies declined 4.5% from May 2025 to May 2026, while median flood insurance premiums are projected to rise from $689 to $1,288. Serious mortgage delinquency rates in Louisiana and Mississippi reached 1.7% and 1.4% by September 2025, versus a 0.8% national average.
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS) will release its fiscal 2026 fourth quarter and full-year results on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. Chief Executive Robert Thomson and Chief Financial Officer Lavanya Chandrashekar will review the results on a live audio webcast at 5:00 p.m. EDT.
The webcast (and replay) will be accessible via investors.newscorp.com, with prior registration available through the provided OpenExchange link. The earnings release will be posted on the investor website before the call begins.
Realtor.com Market Clock, a tool of News Corp’s NWS portfolio, has doubled its coverage to the 100 largest U.S. metros and shows the most buyer-leaning spring since 2018. The national market sits at 3 o’clock, a balanced but loosening phase trending toward buyers, according to Realtor.com.
Realtor.com reports that 70% of metros either favor buyers or are shifting that way, up from 52% a year ago, while outright buyer’s markets have risen to 19% of metros and seller’s markets have shrunk to 25%. Regionally, most buyer’s markets are in the South, the Northeast holds all balanced-tightening readings, and Hartford is the only peak seller at 12 o’clock.
Seller behavior is adjusting: listing prices per square foot fell year over year in 60 of 100 metros, and the national median list price is down about 2.5%. In buyer’s markets, typical list price per square foot is also down 2.5% and price-cut shares are easing, while pending sales have increased for seven consecutive months.
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWS), via a new Realtor.com report, highlights that the U.S. starter home market has about 300,000 fewer sub‑$350,000 listings than in June 2019. The typical starter home list price has risen to $344,000 from $256,000, and the recommended minimum household income to purchase has climbed to roughly $78,000, up from $43,000 in 2019, while median household income increased only 28.3% to about $88,100.
Affordable inventory has recovered by 220,000 homes since the 2022 trough, but regional trends diverge: starter price thresholds since 2022 are down 3.5% in the South and 7.3% in the West, yet up 10.0% in the Midwest and 12.6% in the Northeast, where the threshold has reached $444,000 and just 29.7% of listings are under $350,000. Despite more listings, sub‑$350,000 sales fell about 10% year‑over‑year in April 2026 and 7.2% year‑to‑date, with affordability and mortgage qualification remaining key constraints.
Inman Connect San Diego 2026 will be held July 28–30, 2026, bringing upwards of 3,000 real estate agents, brokers, and industry professionals together for education, networking, and market-focused content. Inman Group announced 35 exhibitors and 14 start-up companies that will showcase technology, AI tools, marketing platforms, and brokerage solutions in the Expo Hall.
The exhibitor list spans website and CRM providers, identity and compliance platforms, AI-driven lead generation and recruiting tools, 3D property visualization, and lending partners. Realtor.com, operated by News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) subsidiary Move, is among the featured exhibitors, alongside firms such as eXp Realty, SoFi, Concierge Auctions, and many AI-focused startups.