2025

Moving is the perfect chance to declutter. Discover what to leave behind so your move is easier and your new space feels...

Finally, fall decor that isn’t bright...

This Paradise Valley, Arizona, home had lovely French provincial touches but also some dated details that weighed it down. These included odd clusters of arches, awkwardly proportioned classical columns and chunky faux adobe accents. The homeowners, a couple with a teenager still at home, turned to...

Image DigitalBridge’s Bill Hughes sees “mispriced and interesting “opportunities in public real estate...

U.S. new-home sales posted an unexpectedly sharp gain in August 2025, helped by a dip in borrowing costs that lured buyers back into the market. Purchases of newly built single-family homes jumped 20.5% from July to an annualized pace of 800,000, the fastest since early 2023, according to government data released Tuesday. That figure followed an upward revision to July sales and marked a 15.4% increase...

Today’s report on new home sales printed one of the most surprising results I’ve seen in a while, showcasing significant growth. Now, we should have expected some growth in new home sales, given that mortgage rates have declined recently. In fact, each time mortgage rates have approached 6% since late 2022, new home sales have seen an uptick. This was a topic I discussed on CNBC on Wednesday. But we...

loanDepot has filed a motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit in Maryland alleging violations of loan officer (LO) compensation rules and borrower steering, arguing the plaintiffs failed to show they suffered a “concrete injury.” The lawsuit, filed in July by five borrowers who obtained mortgages from 2019 to 2021, claims loanDepot engaged in a “sophisticated, years-long scheme” to falsify...

For many in the multiple listing services (MLS) industry, Monday’s announcement that Compass was acquiring Anywhere served as a wake-up call of sorts.  Over the past year, Compass has worked to grow its stockpile of exclusive listings, but many did not consider the Robert Reffkin-helmed firm a serious threat to the MLS structure, due to the size of his firm. That all changed with Monday’s...

Baltimore is embarking on what civic leaders call ‘the nation’s most ambitious housing redevelopment program’ — a 15-year effort that aims to turn around more than 37,000 vacant or at-risk properties and influence market conditions for another 33,000 homes and lots. The strategy is supported by $1.2 billion in public funding commitments and is expected to leverage an additional $5 billion from...

Top 10 U.S. mortgage lender CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) on Wednesday announced that it has increased its conforming loan limit to $819,000, joining the list of lenders that are moving in advance of the projected 2026 loan limits to be released later in the year by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). “Today’s housing market can be tough to navigate, and CCM is focused on creating solutions...