2025

New images offer a first look at the amenity roster at the St. Regis Residences, Miami, a luxury residential tower on the Biscayne Bay waterfront in South Brickell. The development features interiors by Rockwell Group and marks the first South Florida residential project by the acclaimed Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA). The release highlights more than 50,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor...

Not everybody wants or has space for a sprawling kitchen. And a compact kitchen doesn’t mean you have to skimp on style and functionality. As a designer in Toronto, I often advise clients with small kitchens on how to maximize their tight layouts. Here are some of my favorite tips and tricks for...

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APAC commercial markets dive into downward rate cycle Asia-Pacific's commercial real estate sector is showing fresh signs of momentum, lifted by a favorable mix of cyclical recovery, structural tailwinds, and an emerging global rate-cutting cycle that is reviving investor confidence. Total investment volume in the region climbed 16% quarter-over-quarter to $38.1 billion in the third quarter of 2025,...

Valuation management form Atlas VMS has appointed Trey Cole as vice president of client engagement for its AIM-Port Platform Solutions Division. In his new role, Cole will focus on strengthening customer relationships, expanding client-focused initiatives and promoting adoption of the AIM-Port platform across the country. AIM-Port — Atlas VMS’s flagship order management system — was acquired...

In Wilmington, North Carolina’s tight housing market — where infill land is scarce and prices have climbed sharply — Jeffrey and Becky Maynard of Our House Your Home LLC are finding creative ways to keep their mission of affordable family housing alive. What began a decade ago as a small real estate venture has evolved into one of the region’s most innovative build-to-rent programs, supported...

loanDepot is accusing West Capital Lending (WCL) of hiring hundreds of loan originators as independent contractors and paying them revenue splits — practices that loanDepot claims are illegal and enabled WCL to become one of the largest mortgage brokerages in the country in just three years. The lender sued the brokerage and its founders, Eric Hines and Daniel Iskander — the latter of whom worked at...

In August 2024, as many in the real estate industry prepared for the terms of the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agreement to go into effect, industry professionals began wondering how agents would handle breached buyer agency agreements and if lawsuits would ensue. Fast forward 13 months, and this issue has become top of mind for many industry professionals. In...

Friday Harbor, an AI-powered platform that helps loan officers build compliant loan files in real time, announced this week that its AI Originator Assistant can now assess loans against lender and investor overlays in addition to standard program guidelines. The update aims to give lenders greater control over credit quality and secondary market performance by embedding these requirements directly into...