2026

As the housing market prices out more and more Americans, federal lawmakers are taking a closer look at manufactured housing as a more affordable supply-side alternative to a traditional stick-built home. Nevertheless, misconceptions about new manufactured housing communities — that they are dilapidated, ugly, or unsafe — continue to beleaguer a segment of the single-family, detached housing market...

In 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) shifted to routine use across the real estate marketing industry, according to a new industry report from Rechat analyzing brokerage surveys and platform performance data. . Brokerages increasingly consolidated listings, customer relationship management (CRM) systems and marketing tools into unified platforms — with industry leaders citing integration as a key...

There are Miami condos… and then there are Miami condos that feel like they were designed by a European nightclub architect who got handed unlimited budget, full creative control, and a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey. That’s the best way to describe a newly listed residence at Continuum South Beach, where a 30th-floor condo nicknamed “The Other Side” has just hit the market for $5.15 million —...

Succession interiors don’t try to be likable. They don’t lean cozy. They don’t do personality in a cute, curated way. The show’s wealth is cold, practiced, and deeply expensive — and the rooms reflect it. Everything looks like it was selected by someone with power, leverage, and a permanent retainer. It’s a very specific aesthetic: quiet luxury turned up to a level that becomes...

There’s a certain kind of backyard that doesn’t feel like a backyard at all. It doesn’t give “weekend BBQ” energy. It gives private event energy: the kind where cars arrive quietly, the drinks are already cold, and everything looks effortlessly ready long before the first guest shows up. It’s not about size (though size helps). It’s about layout, lighting, surfaces, and the subtle...

U.S. homebuilder sentiment weakened at the start of the year, underscoring persistent affordability strains on buyers even as mortgage rates show early signs of easing. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index fell two points in January 2026 to 37, extending a period of subdued confidence well below the 50 threshold that separates expansion from contraction. The decline...

Housing 2026 is off and going, and so far this year, with mortgage rates near 6% and mortgage spreads near normal levels, 2026 looks to be the first year of actual growth in existing home sales in years. Last week we had solid data in purchase apps and our weekly pending sales data — with inventory up, price-growth cooling and a healthier buyers versus sellers housing market. Growth is in the works as...

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This once-unfinished street-level basement in a 1932 brick Tudor in Kitsap County, Washington, is now a bright, 800-square-foot accessory dwelling unit built for aging in place. The empty-nest homeowners envisioned a cheerful, wheelchair-accessible home they could live in during...