2026

A full-floor residence high above Biscayne Bay is offering a different take on waterfront living, one that trades docks and seawalls for elevation and uninterrupted views. Residence 5501 at Elysee Miami, now listed for $7.695 million, occupies a commanding position inside one of the city’s most architecturally distinctive residential towers. Represented by Lourdes Alatriste of Douglas Elliman, the...

Mashvisor and Redfin have entered a multifaceted partnership focused on delivering reliable real estate insights and empowering smarter decision-making for property investors, homebuyers, homeowners, and renters nationwide. The collaboration...

On a compact lot in Tampa, Florida, a well-traveled young couple set out to build a home that would feel like a calming retreat when they returned from the road yet could open up easily for gatherings with friends. Collaborating with the homeowners and builder from the earliest stages...

Miami-Dade County's housing market extended its gradual recovery at the start of 2026, buoyed by sustained single-family demand and a condominium sector that has largely stabilized despite financing headwinds, according to January 2026 data released by the Miami Association of Realtors. Total residential transactions rose 1.2% from a year earlier to 1,869 closings, while single-family sales climbed 2.8% --...

The outlook for new home construction and purchases appears brighter going into 2026. After contracting last year, housing stats are forecast to rise 3% this year.  A few favorable factors are lining up to boost buyer demand. Affordability is improving: wage growth is outpacing inflation, and home prices are moderating. Mortgage rates have trended down by half a point over the last several months, and...

Inflation didn’t just make things “more expensive.” It broke household planning—because the largest line item in most budgets, housing, is still shopped with the wrong unit of measure. When families budget by monthly outflow but search by list price, the market becomes inefficient, stress rises, and mobility collapses. The fix is straightforward: make monthly payment the primary search...

Two people can look at the same parcel of land and come away with wildly different ideas and “facts” that determine how to value it. While there are more than three categories of landowner, most can be characterized in broad terms as developers, speculators or small parcel farmers/passive heirs.  Each land-seller category has its own valuation process and formulas. The value...

Real estate brokerage firm The Keyes Company and Illustrated Properties is teaming up with Delta Media Group to launch a unified, AI-ready digital platform for its agents and their clients in South Florida.  Developed in partnership with Delta Media Group and built on DeltaNET7, Delta’s enterprise real estate technology, the platform brings consumer websites, agent marketing, training and backend...

Union Home Mortgage (UHM) indicated a strong appetite for mergers and acquisitions by hiring Renee Hildebrand from Guild Mortgage to seek new opportunities, the company announced Tuesday. ​​The move comes a few years after the Strongsville, Ohio–based UHM, led by CEO Bill Cosgrove, acquired Amerifirst Home Mortgage. It also follows two additional acquisitions in 2025 of Houston-based Nations...

Homes have always reflected how people live, but the speed of change over the past few decades has been unusually fast. Many features now considered essential weren’t just uncommon 30 years ago. In many cases, they didn’t exist at all in residential construction. The shift comes down to technology, daily habits, and comfort expectations. People work from home more. They own more devices....