2025

U.S. Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) pressed federal housing officials Wednesday on what he described as costly and counterproductive red tape, using a House Financial Services Committee hearing to highlight regulations he feels are worsening the national housing shortage. The hearing focused heavily on interpretations of Build America, Buy America (BABA) requirements and their impacts on affordable housing...

Zillow says the housing market is on track for a steadier 2026, with modest price growth, slightly higher sales and mortgage rates that remain above 6%. The forecast follows what analysts describe as a year of small but meaningful gains for homebuyers — including improved affordability and more buyer-friendly conditions in nearly 20 major metro areas. “The housing market is finally settling into...

Ohio recorded 2.1 months of supply in the week ending Nov. 28, compared to 2.8 nationally, with Columbus leading price cuts at 51.6% while maintaining the state’s highest median price at $384,900. The statewide data reflects activity across Ohio’s 10 tracked metros, with Columbus, Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, and Dayton representing the largest markets by volume. The state’s median list price reached...

Homeownership is the top means by which the typical American accumulates and builds wealth, and that has never been truer than today. Homeowners are the winners in today’s housing market, experiencing large gains in home equity across the board. These gains allow homeowners to make all-cash purchases on their next homes, remodel or sit on their wealth. While the stock market is for Wall Street, real...

Atlas VMS is integrating HomeVision’s artificial intelligence (AI)-driven collateral underwriting and appraisal review technology into AIM-Port, the company’s appraisal order management system. The company says the move is intended to reduce manual review work for lenders and appraisal management companies while improving consistency and overall appraisal quality. HomeVision’s system uses...

When one of America’s most influential retail titans decides to part with his personal residence, the result is rarely subtle. That’s exactly the case in Key Biscayne, where American Eagle CEO Jay Schottenstein has brought his ultra-private, statement-making penthouse to market for $33.9 million with Julian Johnston and Jonathan Lifschutz of The Corcoran Group. Floating high above the shoreline,...

Most short-term rental analytical tools show you snapshots. But serious investors, analysts, and developers need strong time-series data they can model, transform, and integrate into custom analytics pipelines. Without...

Pantone is keeping things quiet — intentionally. The color institute’s 2026 Color of the Year, Cloud Dancer, is a crisp, whisper-soft white with just a hint of warmth, chosen as a calming counterpoint to an increasingly noisy world. It’s clean, versatile and...

The owner of this Victorian house in York, England, wasn’t after a big kitchen, but she did want her existing space to be lighter, calmer and warmer-looking. Achieving that was another matter, however, so she asked designer Lucy Clarke-Bishop to help. “The client brought me in because she was...

Image Andrew Alperstein says future value creation will need to come at the property...