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Realtor.com® Launches Renovation Designer

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Before jumping into a renovation, Realtor.com® users can now apply the power of generative AI to visualize realistic design customizations to their home, with Hover

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Realtor.com® announced the launch of Renovation Designer, a generative AI design tool powered by Hover, a leader in residential 3D property data. Homeowners using Realtor.com® can now instantly see realistic visualizations of exterior and interior home renovations, with actual materials and colors, before investing time and money into making them a reality.

“Purchasing a home is one of the biggest decisions people will make in their lifetime. When considering renovations, which require both time and money, people should have the information they need to make the best decision for their home,” said Andrew Mattie, SVP Engineering, Realtor.com®. “Through Renovation Designer, and the power of AI, our users can make well-informed decisions concerning their home renovations with confidence and limit unwanted surprises, like a wall color gone wrong or a flooring choice that doesn’t turn out as expected. We want to enable people to create the home of their dreams and love it.”

Immediate Renovation Visualizations
Available today, homeowners can access Renovation Designer by claiming their home within My Home on Realtor.com®. Once claimed, the homeowner can upload photos of their home and suggest the changes they want to make. The advanced artificial intelligence system then creates compelling visualizations that help homeowners understand a property’s potential for both selling and enhancing their living space through features like:

Instant project visualization for easy decision-making – Users can immediately see how different design choices would look on their home. The design changes are rendered with high-quality photos, which give users a realistic representation of home updates for easier and more holistic decision-making.Extensive design options and peace of mind – Users can experiment with a wide range of design elements, including flooring, wall colors, siding, trim, roofing, cabinets and other architectural features and customizable options through Hover’s extensive 3D property dataset that are spatially intelligent. The tool includes digitized materials that are offered by manufacturers and paint colors from top brands, giving users a realistic idea of what a project will look like.User-friendly interface, professional grade visualizations – An intuitive interface lets homeowners easily explore design options including but not limited to farmhouse, contemporary and mid-century modern styles without needing professional design skills. Users can easily compare their current home appearance with these styles through this technology, which, according to Hover, has been used millions of times by contractors, insurance companies, and homeowners to price, sell, and build real-world home improvements and restorations.

“We know that one of the biggest challenges of any home renovation is understanding what it will look like. With this tool, homeowners can use AI technology to move forward with confidence,” said A.J. Altman, Founder and CEO of Hover. “After more than a decade of refining our technology to serve homeowners and construction and insurance professionals, we’re thrilled to work together with Realtor.com® to help more consumers visualize the potential of their home.”

The Renovation Designer is one more addition to the Realtor.com® suite of products designed to provide users the ability to choose what’s best for them and their home. From visualizing design options to calculating return on investment via the Realtor.com® renovation calculator and ultimately connecting with locally recommended professionals to bring renovations to life, Renovation Designer completes a unique Realtor.com® end-to-end experience that helps homeowners plan, assess and complete a renovation.

For more information, visit https://www.realtor.com/myhome/.

About Realtor.com®
Realtor.com® is an open real estate marketplace built for everyone. Realtor.com® pioneered the world of digital real estate more than 25 years ago. Today, through its website and mobile apps, Realtor.com® is a trusted guide for consumers, empowering more people to find their way home by breaking down barriers, helping them make the right connections, and creating confidence through expert insights and guidance. For professionals, Realtor.com® is a trusted partner for business growth, offering consumer connections and branding solutions that help them succeed in today’s on-demand world. Realtor.com® is operated by News Corp [Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA] [ASX: NWS, NWSLV] subsidiary Move, Inc. For more information, visit Realtor.com®.

About Hover
Hover brings a transformative digital experience to the built world. With a mobile app that measures, designs, and estimates home improvement and construction projects all in one place, Hover provides a faster, easier, and more transparent experience for homeowners and drives workflow efficiencies for contractors. With stunningly easy-to-use 3D visualizations, accurate measurements, and precise project estimates, Hover offers contractors solutions and customizable automation for any exterior trade, job, or team.

Over 300,000 contractors and home improvement professionals, and over 500,000 homeowners have captured millions of properties and modeled billions of square feet using Hover’s technology. For more information, visit hover.to.

Media Contact
Asees Singh press@realtor.com

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Howard Hughes Holdings Set to Join S&P SmallCap 600

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NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HHH) will replace Arcosa Inc. (NYSE: ACA) in the S&P SmallCap 600 effective prior to the opening of trading on Wednesday, October 28. S&P 500 constituent CRH plc (NYSE: CRH) has acquired Arcosa in a deal that closed today, October 23.

Following is a summary of the changes that will take place prior to the open of trading on the effective date:

Effective Date

Index Name  

Action

Company Name

Ticker

GICS Sector

October 28, 2026

S&P SmallCap 600

Addition

Howard Hughes Holdings

HHH

Real Estate

October 28, 2026

S&P SmallCap 600

Deletion

Arcosa

ACA

Industrials

ABOUT S&P DOW JONES INDICES

S&P Dow Jones Indices is the largest global resource for essential index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More assets are invested in products based on our indices than products based on indices from any other provider in the world. Since Charles Dow invented the first index in 1884, S&P DJI has been innovating and developing indices across the spectrum of asset classes helping to define the way investors measure and trade the markets.

S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies, and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/. 

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Chelsea FC announces multi-year sleeve partnership with Sokin, the business payments and FX platform

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Chelsea FC name fast-growing fintech platform as Principal Partner

LONDON, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Chelsea Football Club has today announced a multi-year partnership with Sokin, the embedded finance and payments company used by businesses worldwide. Sokin will be named a Principal Partner and Official Business Payments and FX Partner of Chelsea FC and Chelsea FC Women.

As a Principal Partner, Sokin will be represented on the sleeves of the Chelsea FC men’s, women’s and academy home, away, and third kits from the 2026/27 season.

The partnership brings together two ambitious London-headquartered organisations with worldwide reach – a club with millions of fans across the world and a fintech platform through which businesses move more than $11 billion a year. A club of Chelsea’s scale works in many currencies every day, with partners, competitions and supporters around the world, and needs a financial partner built to handle that.

Sokin gives finance teams business payments, multi-currency accounts, foreign exchange, checkout and treasury in one place, so they spend less time juggling banks and providers and keep more of what they move.

As Official Business Payments and FX Partner, Sokin will simplify how Chelsea FC sends, receives and manages money in the currencies the club operates in.

The Sokin logo will feature on the sleeve of the Chelsea shirt for the first time [when the men’s team host Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on Saturday 24th October.]

Jason Gannon, President at Chelsea FC said:

“At Chelsea, we seek to partner with organisations that share our ambition and innovative mindset. Sokin’s expertise in business payments, and their focus on making both simpler for the businesses they serve, makes them a natural fit for the Club. We are pleased to welcome Sokin to the Chelsea family and look forward to working together in the years ahead.”

Vroon Modgill, CEO and founder at Sokin said:

“Chelsea plays on the biggest stage in world football, and its business runs in dozens of currencies. Sokin was built for that with regulated, multi-currency payments and foreign exchange for organisations that operate internationally. We’re proud to be the platform behind the business payments and FX of one of the most iconic teams in football. Sokin’s platform serves businesses in more than 170 countries. We’re thrilled to be partners for the season ahead. An organisation as sophisticated as Chelsea doesn’t leave its finances to chance.”

About Sokin

Sokin is the financial layer global business runs on. Businesses can transact, convert and hold money in 70+ currencies across 170+ countries. Some businesses use Sokin to manage global finance in-house. Others build it into their products to power financial experiences for their customers. Businesses move more than $9 billion a year on licenses Sokin holds in 36+ countries and infrastructure Sokin owns. Founded in 2019, Sokin has raised over $100 million from investors including Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and Prysm Capital.

About Chelsea Football Club

Chelsea Football Club is one of the biggest, most successful football clubs globally and our men’s team are reigning world champions, having won the four-yearly FIFA Club World Cup in 2025. Our women’s team, Chelsea Women, are also multiple trophy winners.

Founded in 1905, Chelsea is London’s most central football club, based at the iconic 40,000-capacity Stamford Bridge stadium. Nicknamed the Blues, the club lifted the Champions League for the first time in 2012 and domestically has won the Premier League five times, the FA Cup eight times, the Football League Cup five times and the Football League Championship once, in 1955.

The Chelsea Women’s team have enjoyed a huge amount of success and in 2025 won the FA Women’s Super League for a sixth consecutive year and the eighth time overall. The Women’s FA Cup has been won on six occasions. We have also captured the FA Women’s League Cup four times as well as reaching the UEFA Women’s Champions League final in 2021. In two seasons, 2020/21 and 2024/25, a domestic treble of trophies was secured.

The Chelsea Foundation boasts one of the most extensive community initiatives in sport, helping to improve the lives of children and young people all over the world.

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Nerissa Chesterfield
nerissa.chesterfield@chelseafc.com 

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Amy Johnson Appointed President of GDIT

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RESTON, Va., Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) announced today that Amy Johnson has been appointed as president of GDIT, effective November 3.

Johnson is a 27-year veteran of General Dynamics Mission Systems, where she held increasingly senior roles in engineering, engineering management and business leadership across cybersecurity, defense electronics, space and intelligence systems, most recently as vice president and general manager for Space, Cyber and Intelligence. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science and computer systems engineering. 

“Amy has a proven track record of leading teams to solve complex and highly technical challenges for our customers,” said Phebe Novakovic, CEO of General Dynamics. “I am confident that her dynamic leadership, operational rigor and deep commitment to our values and culture will deliver value to our customers, employees and shareholders.”

GDIT delivers digital modernization, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and software development solutions to the U.S. federal government, defense, intelligence agencies and other customers. It is a business unit of General Dynamics, a global aerospace and defense company that offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; and technology products and services. General Dynamics employs more than 120,000 people worldwide and generated $52.6 billion in revenue in 2025. More information is available at gd.com.

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