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10 things luxury homes are surprisingly bad at

Luxury homes excel at many things, but perfection isn’t guaranteed in the sale contract — regardless of the final price tag. In fact, some of the most expensive houses on the market struggle with issues that feel surprisingly basic once daily life sets in. These shortcomings aren’t mistakes so much as byproducts of priorities that skew toward aesthetics, status, or idealized lifestyles rather...

An 86-acre Lowcountry rice plantation is reborn as a modern estate inside the ACE Basin

Set deep in the South Carolina Lowcountry, Bonny Hall is the kind of property that rarely changes hands — not because it’s flashy or trend-driven, but because estates of this scale, history, and setting are almost impossible to replicate today. Spanning 86 acres along the banks of the Combahee River, the property occupies land once shaped by the rice plantation era and now reimagined as a fully...

America’s Single-Family Rent Boom Loses Steam in Late 2025

Florida markets lead the nation's rent pullback after years of rapid growth Single-family rent growth across the U.S. slowed sharply in October 2025, underscoring a broad normalization in the housing market after years of pandemic-era gains, according to new data from Cotality. Cotality's latest Single-Family Rent Index, which tracks rent changes nationally and across major metropolitan areas, showed...

RMLS Alliance becomes Broker Public Portal shareholder, expands reach via Cribio

RMLS Alliance (RMLS-A) is the Broker Public Portal (BPP)’s newest shareholder. In addition, RMLS-A listings are now live on Cribio, the BPP’s public facing portal. The BPP is an industry-led initiative formed by brokerages and multiple listing services (MLSs) that aims to deliver a national MLS home search experience to consumers. RMLS-A serves roughly 1,600 real estate professionals across Illinois...

How long does it take to save for a down payment in 2025?

Even though down payments remain an obstacle to prospective homebuyers across the country, affordability conditions have improved significantly in the past three years. That’s the key takeaway from a Realtor.com report released Monday. The company found that across the 50 largest U.S. metro areas, the typical household in 2025 needs seven years to save for a down payment. That’s down from 12 years...

Rechat partners with SkySlope to add forms, e-signatures to platform

Experience management platform Rechat is partnering with transaction management platform SkySlope, enabling Rechat to expand its capabilities into forms and e-signatures.  The firms announced the partnership on Dec. 23. According to a press release, the partnership is an expansion of Rechat’s transactions ecosystem and functions as an add-on with Rechat Deals. Through the partnership, agents and...

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