May 2026

The build-to-rent (BTR) industry, which has been under siege from legislative uncertainty since March, just got a modicum of welcome news.  On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amended version of the U.S. Senate’s 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act by a margin of 396 to 13 that removed the proposed seven-year selloff rule for new build-to-rent communities.  The legislation...

For years, fans of Titus Welliver associated him with one of the coolest homes on television — the sleek, glass-wrapped hillside house from Bosch perched high above Los Angeles. Turns out, his real-life home is arguably even more interesting. Hidden deep in Topanga Canyon, the actor and his wife, interior designer Samantha Edge, are listing their striking 5.8-acre compound for $7.75 million....

Miami Beach has entered its compound era. Not just bigger houses. Bigger ideas. The newest example is Sunset Estates, a newly listed $110 million waterfront compound on Sunset Islands III that takes the city’s ultra-luxury obsession with privacy, flexibility, and resort-style living to another level entirely. Represented by Ana Teresa Rodriguez of Coldwell Banker Realty, the estate combines two...

Digital real estate infrastructure company World Property Markets is making an ambitious bid to dominate global property discovery with WORLD PROPERTY SEARCH, an emerging AI-powered listings search engine and super-app set to launch by year-end. Currently under development, WORLD PROPERTY SEARCH is being positioned as the world's first global, multilingual, and industry-specific real estate listings AI...

Inventory Rises on Higher Listings, but Prices Hold Firm The Central Florida housing market showed signs of gradual rebalancing in April 2026, with modestly lower sales, rising inventory, and steady price growth across a five-county region, according to monthly data from the Orlando Regional Realtor Association covering Orange, Osceola, Lake, Seminole, and Volusia counties. Overall residential sales...

As part of HousingWire’s Editor’s Choice awards spotlight series, we’re spotlighting past Women of Influence honorees whose careers, leadership and insights continue to influence the industry. This series offers a closer look at the experiences and decisions that have shaped their paths. In this feature, Kevelyn Guzman, Regional Vice President at Coldwell Banker Warburg, reflects on the...

“Top-five-ranked U.S. homebuilding companies don’t happen overnight. Except when they do. These two lines almost wrote themselves in early 2024 when Sekisui House skyrocketed into the top tier of U.S. homebuilding with its $4.9 billion acquisition of MDC Holdings.  Sumitomo Forestry’s announced $4.5 billion acquisition of Tri Pointe Homes closed last week, triggering a similar shake-up in...

Last July, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a landmark law shielding apartment and residential projects from lengthy environmental review processes to boost the state’s housing supply and improve affordability. It’s working – but not without a fight. Developers wasted no time seizing the opportunity. A growing list of housing developments are securing exemptions from reviews under the 1970...

Not long ago, artificial intelligence was considered a headline-grabbing, yet futuristic and perhaps unreliable concept. Now, companies, including homebuilders, are increasingly leveraging AI in their day-to-day decision-making.  Oliver Alexander, Founder & CEO at Prophetic, an AI-driven platform that automates the initial land discovery and analysis process for developers and homebuilders, has...

A high-profile proposal to borrow $1.5 trillion and invest the money in stocks to salvage Social Security’s finances would likely leave taxpayers saddled with enormous debt, even under optimistic market conditions, according to a new analysis from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. The brief is critical of a plan championed by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who...