2025

Having trouble deciding what finish your appliances should be? Sometimes it may seem as though stainless steel is the only option designers ever use, but there are actually many options, all with their own uses for different design situations. To help you make the right choice to work with your...

Check out these outdoor projects the whole family can enjoy, ranging from easy projects like starting seeds or creating a mini fairy garden, to more involved ones such as turning a stock tank into a raised bed. The activities are listed roughly in age-group order — starting with projects...

Rancho Mission Viejo officials today announced the release of 175 new two-story detached homes now selling in three new neighborhoods by distinguished homebuilders, Trumark Homes and Shea Homes. The grand opening celebration, held Sunday, June 22, and was attended by more than 800 potential homebuyers. "The Village of Rienda represents one of the last opportunities to purchase an attainable home in Orange...

Image Pere Viñolas says the European office sector is rebounding as investors shift focus from the U.S. to prime assets in cities like Madrid and...

Miami's housing market is showing significant signs of strain as total home and condo sales dropped sharply in May 2025, despite continued long-term price appreciation and strong global demand. According to new data from the MIAMI Association of Realtors and Southeast Florida MLS, total home sales in Miami-Dade County fell 20.2% year-over-year in May 2025, declining from 2,397 to 1,913 transactions. The...

Image CEO Ben Schall says REIT has $3 billion in pre-funded construction projects...

Homebuyers in 2025 are finally getting some good news. Active housing inventory is returning to the levels we experienced before the pandemic, which means the chaotic and unhealthy housing market of the last several years is finally a thing of the past. As someone who was concerned about home prices skyrocketing out of control between 2020 and 2022, I am happy to see the housing market just returning...

In a move that’s unsurprising, U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Bough has granted final approval to 15 more commission lawsuit settlement agreements. Bough granted final approval to settlements negotiated in the Gibson and Keel suits during a joint hearing on Tuesday afternoon.  The settling defendants in the two suits, both of which are being overseen by Bough, filed a joint motion for final...

Home prices continue to outpace last year, but at a pace that’s slowing down. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index for April rose 2.7% year over year, a deceleration from 3.37% in March, 3.9% in February and 4.1% in January. It’s the first data for the Case-Shiller that includes the period after President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement on April 2, which pushed mortgage rates...

Soaring prices and increasingly strained affordability have made things difficult for prospective buyers shopping for their first home. But for households that own their home already, rising prices have been a wealth bonanza. That’s evident in data from the annual State of the Nation’s Housing Report from Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS), which shows that aggregate U.S....