2026

The Standard has built its reputation on creating places people don’t simply stay in — they talk about them afterward. From Miami Beach and New York to London and Los Angeles, the hospitality brand has become synonymous with a certain kind of lifestyle: social, design-driven, slightly irreverent, and always plugged into the neighborhood around it. Now, for the first time in its history, The...

A growing number of real estate companies are now using some form of AI-powered software. The adoption spans across a few use cases but none is more consequential for...

For many people, Fourth of July fireworks mean an annual celebration marked by barbecues, family gatherings and enchanting bursts of colorful light. For many pets, though, those same bursts of light and sound can be terrifying and disorienting, causing reactions ranging from destroying...

Image CEO Dallas Tanner sees growing demand for flexible housing...

Image CEO Giacomo Balzarini sees widening gap between prime and non-prime...

Refinancing Rises as Rates Hold Steady After Hawkish Fed Signal Mortgage applications increased 1.0 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week ended June 19, 2026, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. The gain was driven by a pickup in refinancing, while purchase activity edged lower amid largely stable borrowing costs following the Federal Reserve's...

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act passed the House of Representatives after clearing the Senate and now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature in the coming days. The housing package aims to reduce homeownership costs and improve housing supply while incorporating priorities from Congress and the White House. Lawmakers from both chambers, who reached a deal on the package last week,...

As a child Boomer Foster, the nephew of Long & Foster co-founder Wesley Foster, wrote three goals on a scrap of paper in crayon: Play in the NFL Practice law with his dad Be president of Long & Foster “I was too slow for the NFL, but I played football all four years at University of South Carolina, and my dad passed away before I got the opportunity to practice with him, but I guess...

Many people in the housing industry are wondering why mortgage rates haven’t fallen even as oil prices have dropped from $111 per barrel to less than $73 today. The 10-year Treasury yield is at 4.48% and mortgage rates are near their yearly highs. This is a fair question, and we have already discussed where mortgage rates should go now that the conflict in Iran is truly ending. Today, we’ll give...

Mortgage rates are moving higher as 2026 nears its midway point. And sentiment has shifted when it comes to rate expectations as more housing market observers are predicting at least one rate hike this year — a stark contrast to the start of 2026 when multiple cuts were on the table and sub-6% rates seemed possible. At HousingWire‘s Mortgage Rates Center on Tuesday, rates for 30-year conventional...