According to new data from Cotality, the long-predicted flood of homes expected from America's aging population is arriving far more slowly than housing markets once anticipated. In the 12 months through August 2025, a record 340,000 U.S. homes were transferred through inheritance, Cotality data show. While that marks a historic high, those hand-me-down properties accounted for just 7% of all residential...
Evolving from the humble cook’s worktable of yesteryear, kitchen islands typically are now hubs for socializing, having casual meals and even doing homework. So when the four older islands below outlived their usefulness, designers went bigger and better. With copious storage, space for seats and...
Many people want their bedroom to be a sanctuary and retreat that rejuvenates the mind, body and spirit. Setting up a bedroom to foster that kind of atmosphere takes more than just placing a bed in a room. So we asked 40 design and remodeling professionals about the features they recommend to...
Lower mortgage rates are driving increased housing demand in 2026, as shown by another positive week in our Housing Market Tracker data. Both weekly pending home sales and purchase application data posted gains last week — both week over week and year over year. My work over the years indicates that housing demand strengthens when rates approach 6%, though we have not seen a sustained period at this...
These homeowners appreciated the traditional architectural style of their hometown of St. John’s, a centuries-old city on Newfoundland island, in Canada’s easternmost province of Newfoundland and Labrador. But they had lived for years in Vancouver, British Columbia, where they had...
There’s a lot to love about the 10 following houseplants. They aren’t too particular about their maintenance. They can handle some neglect, including erratic watering and less-than-ideal light, and still bounce back. Best of all, you can use them to quickly and effortlessly beautify your home. Read...
Inherited homes accounted for a record share of U.S. property transfers in 2025, a shift in how housing supply reaches the market and challenging expectations that aging baby boomers who wish to downsize will unlock a surge of homes for sale. New data from Cotality shows that about 340,000 U.S. properties were transferred through inheritance in the 12 months ending in August 2025. That represented 7% of...
Fewer Americans are packing up and relocating, and when they do move, they are likely to stay within their current region, according to a new analysis published by Bank of America. The findings suggest that the era of a dramatic nationwide migration has faded, replaced by a quieter trend of households trading one nearby city for another due to better housing affordability. Bank of America’s report...
Older U.S. homeowners held a record level of housing wealth in the third quarter of 2025, driven by rising home values and continued equity accumulation, according to the latest Reverse Mortgage Market Index (RMMI). Housing wealth among homeowners ages 62 and older rose 1.9% in the third quarter of 2025 to $14.66 trillion, surpassing the previous record of $14.39 trillion set in the second quarter,...
California has become a test lab for housing reform. The state stands as an ongoing experiment-in-process for how far lawmakers will go to legalize the development of more homes and how hard local officials and neighborhood activists will fight to stop it. The latest flashpoint struck on Thursday, as the Los Angeles transit agency board voted against implementing a landmark transit-oriented...
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