2025

Today’s contemporary lighting designs range from sleek and minimalist to bold and sculptural. This diversity — along with cutting-edge materials and production techniques — shone at the recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), held in May at New York City’s Javits...

Bathrooms come in second to kitchens as places where considerable attention is given to layouts and finishes, and size doesn’t limit the quality of their design. Learning a few key dimensions and common fixture sizes — and understanding that a compact space can work to your advantage — will inspire...

As communities and organizations continue to reckon with the impact of the Los Angeles-area wildfires, the state is now stepping in with a new assistance program that will include impacted reverse mortgage borrowers whose homes were damaged or lost. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday announced that the CalAssist Mortgage Fund will launch on June 12. It will “provide grants up to $20,000 to...

Century 21 Real Estate has added Shorepine Properties in Pacific City, Oregon, to its network — strengthening the brand’s presence in the state’s Central Coast region. Broker/owner Becky Kirkendall has led Shorepine Properties since purchasing the full-service brokerage in 2017. A former hospitality manager, Kirkendall transitioned into real estate after moving to Pacific City in 2006. She has...

Welcome back to Tech Pulse — a new weekly series rounding up the latest in technology, including tools, integrations and trends impacting mortgage and real estate. Here’s what happened this week: Robert Reffkin touts Compass’s AI platform, agent advocacy efforts Compass is preparing to launch a new AI platform designed to automate tasks, find opportunities and give agents real-time...

Shilo.ai is going to have an easier time with product development thanks to a $2.6 million seed funding round. The AI assistant firm announced the funding round on Friday.  The round was led by AZ-VC, Arizona’s largest venture capital fund, which was founded by Jack Selby, the managing director of Thiel Capital. “We’re not here to build another tool,” Justin Benson, the co-founder and CEO...

A former Douglas Elliman agent has withdrawn a lawsuit that sought to recoup $1.6 million in clawbacks from deals that closed after she left the brokerage. New York and Miami agent Holly Parker claimed she’s owed commissions on deals that were pending following her exit from Douglas Elliman. In the withdrawal, filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Parker disclosed that the firm wants to...

In today’s competitive rental market, a real estate heatmap is your first step towards identifying the areas with properties that promise solid returns while minimizing risk. Assessing rental income...

Just like cooking a dish with many ingredients, creating a kitchen with several design elements can quickly get out of hand if you don’t know what you’re doing. But skilled design and construction pros can confidently layer materials, finishes, colors and patterns to impressive effect. Here, pros...

According to new data from the Miami Association of Realtors, Palm Beach County residential real estate market experienced a notable slowdown in April 2025. Total residential sales declined 9.4% year-over-year, falling from 2,568 transactions in April 2024 to 2,326 this year. Single-family home sales dipped 5.28% year-over-year, from 1,402 to 1,328, while existing condominium sales fell even more sharply,...