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A report released by the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance says LGBTQ+ members of Gen Z may face greater obstacles than heterosexual peers in building wealth, advancing in their careers and achieving homeownership. The organization, which represents about 3,000 members, released its sixth annual LGBTQ+ Real Estate Report this week as it convened its annual housing policy symposium in Washington, D.C. The...

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a document with a proposed rule aimed at spurring more multi-story manufactured housing supply.  The rule would expand the definition of a manufactured home and support multi-story manufactured housing construction. It would further permit upper-level sections to be transported and assembled without a permanent...

When Teddy Piper returned home after college in 2012, he wasn’t certain what direction his career would take. Fourteen years later, he is broker-owner of one of Maine’s top-producing real estate firms — helping guide the David Banks Team at REMAX by the Bay through a record-setting year. The Portland-based operation ranked No. 40 for transaction sides among medium-sized teams nationwide on the...

While the world gets swept up in the euphoria of SpaceX’s IPO, some of the rest of us remain anchored to a more down-to-earth – but no less fascinating – domain, where gravity’s still a thing. In this realm, grounded as it is with a you-pick-it array of supply and demand challenges, Lennar just delivered the kind of quarter that should have eased investor concerns. The nation’s...

There was a time when wealth in America followed a fairly predictable architectural script. Bigger was better, grand entrances were mandatory, and homes often borrowed heavily from European palaces, villas, and country estates. The goal wasn’t subtlety, it was making an impression. But the visual language of luxury has changed dramatically over the past few decades. Features that once defined...

Many homeowners want a home office that feels more like a thoughtfully designed room than a workplace. But accommodating files, printers, computers and charging stations without creating visual clutter can be a challenge. Here, design pros share five home offices that pair smart storage...

With three kids and packed schedules, this Encinitas, California, family needed a kitchen that could keep pace with daily life. The existing 170-square-foot space, dating to the 1990s, had short upper cabinets, expansive beige-brown granite surfaces and cramped circulation paths that...

Government regulations now add more than $130,000 to the cost of a newly built single-family home in the United States, underscoring the growing role of compliance costs in the nation's housing affordability crisis. A new study released by the National Association of Home Builders found that federal, state and local regulations account for $131,734 of the price of an average new home, representing 26.4% of...

Buffini & Company has added three senior executives — Steve Pacinelli as chief revenue officer, JB Bolton as chief operating officer and Ethan Beute as chief ambassador — as the coaching firm looks to scale its relationship-driven business model in an AI-focused market, the company announced earlier this month. The appointments follow the April promotion of former BombBomb co-founder Darin...

Stylecraft Builders, a second-generation-led Texas homebuilder more than four decades in the making, is not letting homebuilding’s underwhelming 2026 Spring Selling Season go to waste.  Nor, in spite of hesitant homebuyer demand plaguing many of Texas’ submarkets, has Stylecraft’s momentum slowed. The homebuilder, which predominantly targets entry-level and move-up buyers outside of the major...