July 2025

Thriving under pressure isn’t luck — it’s strategy. The key to success during busy periods is creating systems that streamline workflows, ensure clarity and keep everyone aligned. We asked eight seasoned design professionals on Houzz about the internal strategies they’ve developed to handle hectic...

CEO Ignacio Mariátegui sees strong growth potential in multi-tenant assets, particularly the logistics and office...

REITs have also been building stronger relationships with fixed income...

Florida Still Top Destination for International Homebuyers, 15 Years Running Foreign buyers poured $56 billion into U.S. residential real estate over the past year, snapping a six-year streak of declining interest and signaling a resurgence in global appetite for American housing, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). From April 2024 to March 2025, international buyers...

Bayview Asset Management’s $1.3 billion deal to acquire Guild Holding Co., the parent of Guild Mortgage, has left loan officers wondering how the traditionally purchase-focused lender would integrate refinance capabilities to leverage the $770 billion servicing portfolio of soon-to-be sister company Lakeview Loan Servicing, the nation’s second-largest mortgage servicer. Guild LOs, who spoke with...

Twenty-one years ago, Libby Sosinski was on the brink of leaving real estate for good. Today, the Pittsburgh-based Keller Williams agent consistently closes more than 200 deals a year and recently posted $26 million-plus in 2024 in sales volume, earning a spot on RealTrends Verified’s rankings. But back in 2004 — just a few months into her career — she was ready to walk away. “I did not...

Five real estate agents with a combined 70 years of industry experience have returned to Windermere Real Estate after stints at Compass. The group — Meg Barlament, Kevin Cunningham, Ingrid Haugaard, Darcy LaBelle and Beathe C. Smith — each previously worked for Windermere before joining Compass at various points in recent years. “We’re very excited to welcome these five agents back to...

The failure-to-launch trend that started with millennials is continuing with Gen Z, and many are turning to parents for assistance, according to a new column by Bloomberg. According to a 2024 Bank of America study, over half of adult Gen Zers reported that they don’t pay for their own housing. A separate study by Savings.com found that parents of adult Gen Zers expect to give their children $1,813 a...

Tammy Register — a veteran real estate leader in North Carolina’s Triangle region — has joined eXp Realty along with her 15-agent team and five operational staff members. Based in the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, metro area, The Tammy Register Team closed more than $88 million in sales volume across 316 transactions in 2024. Register spent nearly a decade with Keller Williams and more than...

This Trending Now story features the most-saved home office photos uploaded to Houzz between March 15 and June 15, 2025.No matter how you like to work from home, this countdown of the most-saved new home offices on Houzz offers inspiration. Whether tucked into a compact...