Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate (BHGRE) released its 2026 Design Trends Moving Real Estate Report — outlining features and design preferences driving homebuyers in the year ahead. The report draws on a national consumer study conducted by thinqinsights, as well as insights from BHGRE-affiliated agents and experts. “Homeownership remains one of life’s most monumental transactions, and...
U.S. mortgage delinquencies held steady at 3% in September 2025, unchanged from a year earlier but up slightly from 2.9% at the end of the second quarter, according to Cotality‘s newest Loan Performance Indicators report released on Tuesday. “The national delinquency rate has remained relatively stable over the past year and quarter. It is still up from the record lows seen in mid-2024. Even so,...
America’s housing affordability crisis is an equal-opportunity phenomenon. Nowhere is this more painfully clear than in the nation’s rural communities, which quietly confront a deepening affordability gap. Financing challenges unique to rural areas pursuing affordable housing development exacerbate a growing imbalance. A new Redfin study notes that home prices in rural communities have increased...
A new multi-state coalition is warning that worsening floods across Appalachia — and the federal government’s uneven response — are heightening risks for communities, infrastructure and real estate markets across the region. The Appalachian Flood Resilience Coalition recently convened for the first time to examine Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding fights, stalled mitigation...
The American Financial Services Association (AFSA), the nation’s oldest and largest consumer credit trade group, on Tuesday released its quarterly Consumer Credit Conditions Index. It found that AFSA members’ assessment of current conditions turned slightly negative in the third quarter of 2025. More respondents reported worsening business conditions than improving conditions, pushing the survey’s...
A glass-wrapped penthouse perched 41 stories above Midtown just hit the market for $7,195,000, brought to market by Michelle Griffith and Jason Walker of Douglas Elliman — and it’s basically the ultimate holiday wish-list topper. Penthouse 5S at 135 West 52nd Street spans a massive 4,373 square feet across two levels, giving it the kind of scale that’s increasingly rare in the city, especially...
This estate feels as if time itself paused to preserve its charm. Spread across 160 pastoral acres, the historic White Bridge Farm in Old Chatham, New York — dating back to 1775 — has undergone a meticulous four-year restoration that honored every inch of its colonial past while quietly threading in modern comforts. Once a working farm, the property has been revived into a bucolic sanctuary...
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For this busy Minnesota couple with three teenage daughters, the original primary bathroom was cramped, dated and uninspiring. Designer Victoria Johnson transformed the space into a serene retreat with a freestanding soaking tub, a furniture-style white oak double vanity and a...
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