December 2025

FirstHome IQ highlights financial literacy gaps among young homebuyers

FirstHome IQ says that millennials and Generation Z face significant gaps in financial knowledge and trust as they approach homebuying age, according to the group’s newly released 2025 Impact Report. The report outlines widespread uncertainty among younger homebuyers — noting that most never received formal financial literacy education. According to the findings, 93% of millennials and Gen Z...

Fashion designer Trina Turk lists “long-lost” John Lautner home in L.A.’s Echo Park

Los Angeles occasionally produces a real estate story that feels like a plot twist, and the rediscovery of the Jules Salkin Residence is one of them. Designed in 1948 by John Lautner, one of California’s most distinctive architectural voices, the home was considered “lost” for decades — known only through an archival model photographed and stored at the Getty. That changed in 2014, when the...

Producer for Britney Spears, Steve Aoki lists $10.75M Miami Beach mansion with a full recording studio

Miami Beach has no shortage of celebrity-adjacent real estate, but this newly listed Lakeview estate comes with a twist straight from the music world. The property belongs to Steven Walbroehl, per our sources, co-founder and CTO of Halborn and a creative force who has produced and written for artists including Britney Spears and Steve Aoki. And yes — the house comes with a full-blown professional...

Dutch Investors Pour Record $4.2 Billion in New Rental Housing in 2025

The Netherlands' private residential investment sector is poised for a banner year in 2025, with Dutch investors committing a record $4.2 billion to new‑build rental housing -- double last year's total -- according to new analysis from Capital Value. The surge in capital is expected to deliver roughly 10,500 newly built rental homes, the majority earmarked for the country's strained mid‑rental and...

Toll Brothers leans on luxury to navigate homebuilding’s headwinds

For Toll Brothers, whose enviable core customers are ones whose financial wherewithal effectively shields them from worries about high prices and high interest rates, the question is not “can they buy?” It’s will they? And will they buy now? “America’s Luxury Homebuilder” continues to rely on its move-up, active adult, and luxury segments — and their pursuit of “the home of their...

November mortgage lock data driven by strong refinance activity

Optimal Blue on Wednesday released its November 2025 Market Advantage report, which revealed that mortgage rate-lock activity slowed with typical late-fall seasonality but still posted the strongest November in four years. Total lock volume fell 25% from October but was up 17% from November 2024, driven by strong refinance activity and mortgage rates hovering near 6%. Rate-and-term refinances surged...

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