CoStar Group Names Felix Kusch President of Homes.com

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP), a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, analytics in the property markets, today named Felix Kusch President of Homes.com. Kusch spent the last several years running two of Europe's leading real estate portals. He was CEO of Immoweb, the number one portal in Belgium and CEO of Immowelt, the number two portal in Germany. Before that, he led M&A work at Axel Springer Digital involving a number of t.

Business Wire • Sep 14, 2026

New-Construction Buyers Prioritize Space, Financial Confidence and Function, Homes.com Survey Finds

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Homes.com, a CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) leading online residential marketplace, found that today's new-construction buyers approach the home buying process with more information and higher expectations than ever, often anchoring their decisions in having larger homes and long-term financial confidence, according to a newly published survey. The New Construction Market Landscape Study What New Home Buyers Want, conducted by Good Run Research and CMI Research and.

Business Wire • Sep 10, 2026

Baron Partners Fund Q2 2026 Contributors And Detractors

Baron Partners Fund performed very well in the second quarter, gaining 16.61% (Institutional Shares). Top contributors include Space Exploration Technologies, Tesla, Red Rock Resorts, Hyatt Hotels and Birkenstock Holding. Top detractors include CoStar Group, Gartner, Guidewire Software, Morningstar and IDEXX Laboratories.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 10, 2026

Baron Opportunity Fund Q2 2026 Top Contributors And Detractors

We continue to run a high-conviction portfolio with an emphasis on the secular trends cited and listed. In 2025 alone, SPCX executed over 170 launches, including 165 Falcon 9 missions, with individual boosters now achieving up to 35 re-flights. In the April quarter, Nvidia's data center revenue grew 92% year-over-year to $75.2 billion, with total revenue of $81.6 billion, up 85%; for its July quarter, the company guided for total revenue to grow at least another $9.5 billion sequentially.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 10, 2026

Baron First Principles ETF Q2 2026 Portfolio Review

Space Exploration Technologies shares rose as the company successfully completed the largest initial public offering in history, raising more than $85 billion. Rising capital expenditure signals conviction in growth initiatives and strengthening Tesla's position as a leading vertically integrated physical AI company. FIGS, Inc. stock detracted from performance as shares slipped due largely to investor positioning.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 9, 2026

OpenAI Features Apartments.com in GPT-6 Astra Apartment-Hunting Demo

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apartments.com, a CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) industry-leading brand, today highlighted the growing reach and capabilities of the Apartments.com app in ChatGPT as OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, its latest model for computer use and complex professional tasks. Renters can type @Apartments.com in ChatGPT and describe what they need in everyday language, from a two-bedroom apartment with a balcony and EV charging to a pet-friendly home within a specific budget. The a.

Business Wire • Sep 8, 2026

Baron Asset Fund: Q2 2026 Top Contributors And Detractors

The Fund managed to overcome style-related headwinds because of strong stock selection. The market has increasingly come to view AI as an existential risk for a growing number of industries, including software, business services, information services, and video games. We continue to own Gartner given its large addressable market, significant competitive advantage, and robust free cash flow generation.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 7, 2026

3 CEOs Are Buying Millions of Dollars of Their Beaten-Down Stocks

Insider purchases are one of many signals that investors can use to gauge the outlook of a stock. While insider buys are just one piece of a larger picture, they can be particularly notable when made by a company's top executive: the CEO.

MarketBeat • Sep 4, 2026

Baron Focused Growth Fund Q2 2026 Portfolio Update

Baron Focused Growth Fund rebounded in Q2 from a disappointing start to the year, with the Fund gaining 13.26% compared with a gain of 24.02% for the Russell 2500 Growth Index. We remain steadfast in our commitment to long-term investing in competitively advantaged, growth businesses. As of June 30, 2026, the Fund owned 28 investments.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 3, 2026

Here's Why CoStar Group (CSGP) is a Strong Momentum Stock

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Zacks Investment Research • Sep 2, 2026