2026

Mortgage brokers working with United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) say it remains “business as usual” following the lender’s second-quarter loss and a multibillion-dollar capital raise, with no noticeable impact so far on day-to-day loan production. The Pontiac, Michigan-based wholesale lender reported last week that it lost $451.9 million in the second quarter, driven largely by a $603.2 million...

While much of the housing industry is focused on the current wave of consolidation consuming the space, real estate brokerage Side is placing its bet on local and regional independent brokerages being the future of the industry.  “The prevailing narrative in the industry today is that there are going to be two or three brands that dominate real estate forever. This is not the future of the industry...

Dream Finders Homes’ agreement to acquire Beazer Homes for $33.50 per share brings an end to homebuilding’s most dramatic takeover contest of 2026. What the deal says about what comes next may be even more compelling. The $2.2 billion enterprise-value deal will make Dream Finders the sixth-largest U.S. homebuilder by 2025 revenue. It also caps an unprecedented public pursuit by Dream Finders,...

There are garages, and then there are rooms designed to make a Rolls-Royce look like it belongs in an art museum. At Villa Spectre, a sprawling contemporary estate in Delray Beach, Florida, the owner’s car collection gets the latter treatment. A climate-controlled seven-car automotive gallery was incorporated directly into the architecture, with an executive office overlooking the cars from...

For anyone who’s ever liked the idea of going off-grid considerably more than the realities of actually doing it, there’s a house in Upstate New York that offers a rather compelling compromise. There are acres of forest. A creekside cottage. A secluded treehouse reached by a woodland trail. Long stretches where the closest neighbors are presumably deer. But there are also radiant heated floors,...

These empty nesters in Campbell, California, wanted to make major changes to their 1960s ranch-style home, starting with the dark, dated 211-square-foot galley kitchen. Dingy cabinets, brown granite counters and a small angled peninsula made the space feel cramped and disconnected from...

Sales of existing homes in the United States fell for a second consecutive month in July 2026, underscoring the continued pressure that elevated mortgage rates and high home prices are placing on the housing market. Existing-home sales declined 1.7% from June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.06 million, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Sales were nevertheless 0.7% higher...

Image Brian Finnegan says Brixmor has invested more than $1.5 billion in the portfolio since starting its reinvestment...

The share of homes with price cuts is getting closer to where it was a year ago. For the week ending Aug. 7, 41.44% of active single-family listings nationally had taken a price cut, compared with 41.85% during the same week last year. Eight weeks ago, the gap between 2026 and 2025 was 1.34 percentage points. It has narrowed to just 0.41 points. That could be easy to read as a straightforward...

It is no secret that Offerpad has struggled over the past few years. After recording three consecutive quarters of profitability, the Chandler, Arizona-based firm found itself in choppy waters during the third quarter of 2022, where it ultimately recorded an $80 million net loss. In total, the company would end up losing $148.6 million in 2022, despite the first half of the year being...