Pending home sales in the U.S. edged higher in March 2026, signaling underlying demand resilience even as elevated borrowing costs continue to weigh on the housing market. A new report from the National Association of Realtors showed that contract signings--an early indicator of completed transactions--rose 1.5% from February. Compared with a year earlier, however, activity slipped 1.1%, underscoring the...

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The market reaction to homebuilder earnings this spring has carried a clear message: scale, discipline, and positioning still matter­. Where you choose to deploy them may matter even more. On Tuesday, Toll Brothers signaled its next move in that equation by announcing a deal to acquire substantially all the assets of Fayetteville-based Buffington Homes of Arkansas. The transaction, expected to close...

D.R. Horton’s stock arc mapped a familiar story Tuesday. Of investor recognition. Of the power and primacy of no financial or operational surprises to the negative. Shares traded modestly higher on elevated volume following the company’s fiscal Q2 earnings release this morning, as investors processed a result that checked the right boxes: a beat on profitability, stronger-than-expected orders,...

I recently got a question from Real Estate Writer Michele Lerner for Florida Realtor magazine that cut right to the chase of this technological moment: Can AI replace real estate agents?⁣ Here’s my answer: Not yet. And maybe not ever, but not because I’m anti-tech. Quite the opposite. I’m an early adopter. I love tools that make us more efficient and informed. Yes, AI is improving every day, but...

For years, real estate rewarded one thing above all else: activity. More calls. More showings. More emails. More hours. The assumption was simple: if you stay busy enough, the results will follow. But that equation is starting to break. Clients are more informed. Deals take longer. Expectations are higher. Time, not opportunity, has become the most constrained resource. The agents who are...

On April 6, 2026, four astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission did something no human being had ever done in the history of our species. They traveled 252,756 miles from Earth, shattering a record that had stood since 1970, when the crew of Apollo 13 was pushed to that distance not by triumph, but by crisis. Artemis II broke it on purpose. With intention. With years of preparation behind them and a...

Set in a 1978 home in Santa Cruz, California, this primary bathroom felt dated and cramped for a couple with two school-aged kids. Glass-block windows dimmed the space, beige tile covered nearly every surface and a tight layout squeezed the shower beside a bulky built-in tub. Separate...