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Why 2026 foreclosure gains are not a housing crash signal

The quarterly New York Fed foreclosure data came out for Q2, and once again — to the surprise of many doomers — the index fell slightly, still below 2019 levels. Not only that, but this week’s existing home sales report also showed housing inventory down year over year and sales slightly higher, with prices up 2.0% year over year, something that would be impossible if we had a surge of foreclosures...

Appeals court reboots NYC pied-à-terre tax rollout after pause

New York City’s ultra-rich started the week with a reprieve from having to prove residency to avoid a pied-à-terre tax. But as the week ends, the reprieve itself proved fleeting. A state appeals judge yanked back the roadblock on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s tax plan Thursday afternoon in a Staten Island court. Brought by three homeowners, the lawsuit that triggered the pause is now showing cracks. In...

Summer heat sets in across Northeast housing markets

The Northeast continues to command a disproportionate share of the nation’s hottest housing markets, with four of the top five metros located in New England or New York, according to the latest weekly HousingWire Data. Rochester, N.Y.; Hartford, Conn.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Boston, Mass.; and Buffalo, N.Y., ranked as the nation’s five hottest single-family housing markets for the week ending Aug....

Real shareholders approve REMAX acquisition, closing nears

Shareholders of The Real Brokerage Inc. and REMAX Holdings Inc. on Friday approved Real’s proposed acquisition of REMAX, moving the companies closer to forming Real REMAX Group after their respective votes. The votes were held at special meetings of both companies’ security holders, according to the announcement. The proposed acquisition was first announced in April 2026.  Upon closing, the...

Miami Beach mansion with a suspended Ferrari and private nightclub sells for record $51.5M

Miami Beach has another eight-figure real estate record on the books. A newly completed waterfront estate at 270 S. Hibiscus Drive has sold for $51.5 million, setting records for both the highest sale price and highest price per square foot across the guard-gated Hibiscus and Palm Islands. The transaction comfortably surpasses the previous sale-price record of roughly $40 million, according to the...

Luxury Housing Market Splits as Prices Reset Across U.S. High-End Markets

California dominates list of markets with the steepest luxury price drops The U.S. luxury housing market continued its slow retreat from the extraordinary price levels reached in recent years, but the latest data point to a market increasingly defined by regional divergence rather than a uniform national correction. The national entry threshold for the top 5% of residential listings fell to $1,250,750 in...

Brokers say it’s ‘business as usual’ with UWM despite loss, capital raise 

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...

Side CEO says independents are the future, launches SideOS

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...

Acrisure Mortgage names Todd Boss president

Acrisure Mortgage announced Thursday that it has appointed Todd Boss as president, succeeding Joe Nunziata, who was recently promoted to president of Acrisure Real Estate Services. Boss will oversee the day-to-day operations of Acrisure Mortgage, including its nationwide mortgage platform, sales organization and strategic growth initiatives, and will report to Nunziata, who now oversees Acrisure’s...

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