2026

South Florida's rapid post-pandemic ascent has produced a landmark shift in U.S. living costs--and left Miami a victim of its own success. For the first time in the data series, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metropolitan area ranks as the nation's second-most expensive major metro, surpassing the New York-Newark-Jersey City region and trailing only the San Francisco Bay Area. According to the...

The market-driven forces for greater homebuilder margins, sales pace and efficiency in 2026 take a variety of shapes, sizes, risks and opportunistic tactics. For PulteGroup, a key margin-enhancing strategy is leveraging improved build-cycles and a balanced sales pace to swell its mix of build-to-order (BTO) homes vs. speculative starts. Pulte, the third-largest homebuilder according to HousingWire’s...

A House Judiciary subcommittee is pressing Compass International Holdings and Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) to explain their nationwide private listing network partnership, citing concerns that the arrangement could limit transparency, reduce competition and harm homebuyers and sellers. The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust sent...

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released its second-quarter update on the 2026-2028 strategic plan on Wednesday outlining progress on lobbying, legal strategy, MLS guidance, technology and education designed to protect member businesses and reinforce the value of membership. NAR CEO Nykia Wright said the plan is the association’s primary vehicle for delivering advocacy, guidance and tools...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer took a big step toward clearing the path for developers to build smaller apartment buildings more affordably. Whitmer signed Michigan’s single-stair legislation into law this week, a green light for developers to build multifamily housing up to six stories more economically, with a single interior exit stairway. Michigan housing advocates say the win improves the chances that...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation that would make a series of changes to federal banking regulations, including easing certain capital, supervisory and merger requirements for community banks and other smaller financial institutions. The bill is sponsored by House Committee on Financial Services Chairman French Hill (Ark.-02) and Subcommittee on Financial Institutions...

Look closely at the last twenty houses that made you stop scrolling. The Malibu box with the cantilevered second floor. That black-clad thing in the Hollywood Hills. The Miami Beach tropical modern with the wood-look siding that somehow never seems to gray out. Odds are good the exterior on at least half of them started life as a product spec’d for office parks and warehouses. Nobody announces...

Brooklyn has no shortage of historic brownstones, but freestanding mansions of this caliber are in a league of their own. Now listed for $3,845,000, 1094 Park Place is one of the borough’s most significant surviving Queen Anne residences, offering a rare opportunity to own a landmark home that has retained much of its original character while embracing thoughtful modern updates. Located within the...

Whether a bathroom is a private sanctuary or a space used by the whole family, it should be clean, inviting and functional. But if yours doesn’t fit that description, don’t assume you’re in for a lengthy remodel. Try these simple yet strategic upgrades to give your bathroom a stylish and refreshed...

Investment Surges 54 Percent to Seven-Year High Asia Pacific's hotel market is experiencing its strongest resurgence since before the pandemic, as investors pour billions of dollars into hospitality assets amid improving tourism demand, stronger operating performance and renewed confidence in long-term regional growth. Hotel transactions across Asia Pacific reached $6.8 billion in the first half of 2026,...