2025

Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Bill Packer, chief operating officer at Longbridge Financial, to talk about the ways his company is using AI to serve reverse mortgage borrowers. Packer has worked in the consumer lending space for four decades, with deep expertise in technology and operations. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Sarah Wheeler: Technology used to be...

Housing inventory growth has been a blessing for the existing home sales market, cooling price growth and giving homebuyers a bit more advantage in 2025. However, as we all know, the inventory growth has been detrimental to the homebuilders this year. On Monday, Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, posted on X about the “red flares” he sees in the housing market, echoing the concern...

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Thinking about an exterior refresh? Don’t forget your siding—it makes a bigger impact than you might...

Their mother needed more help adapting her 100-year-old Craftsman house for aging in place, so two devoted daughters decided to hire a professional designer for the first time. They discovered kitchen and bathroom designer Tiara Lewis online and invited her to assess the 55-square-foot...

When you purchase a property that’s been standing for hundreds of years, the prospect of renovating it might be daunting. How do you make it suitable for modern living without destroying the original beauty of the building? Fortunately, the new owner of this 15th-century house, Beth...

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...