Tri Pointe Homes unveils its new wellness models in Utah

Tri Pointe Homes recently announced the launch of LivingWell, a new wellness concept that expands on its LivingSmart program. The initiative is part of a multilayered strategy to enhance mental and physical health through innovative design focused on performance and human-centered approaches.  The builder started construction on a roughly 7,700-square-foot model home in Utah that will be the first to...

Minimum residential lot size dispute heats up in a Texas county

A battle has brewed over residential lot sizes in Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law last year reducing them in the state’s biggest cities. Since the law didn’t apply statewide, Montgomery County, which abuts Houston, is trying again to increase its lot sizes after doing so last March. County planners say the increase this time is needed to correct a clerical error in the size approved in...

AI killed the real estate agent personal brand — now what?

Visibility used to win. Now it’s just noise. For the past 20 years, real estate agents have been told the same thing: build your personal brand. Post consistently. Shoot video. Be everywhere. The belief was simple — if people saw you often enough, they would eventually do business with you. And for a while, that worked. But the environment that made that strategy effective has changed, and...

A New Model Lets Real Estate Professionals Own a Stake in AI Disruption

Artificial intelligence is expected to significantly reshape the global real estate industry, a sector often valued in the hundreds of trillions of dollars when including residential, commercial, and land markets worldwide. While real estate has historically lagged other industries in adopting new technologies, advances in AI are accelerating automation, compressing timelines, and changing how value is...

The rumors aren’t true. Housing market crash unlikely despite war, high rates

A U.S. housing market crash remains extremely unlikely in 2026 even as the war in Iran strains buyer psychology, according to Logan Mohtashami, lead economic analyst for HousingWire. The conflict with Iran has sent mortgage rates higher over the last five weeks, from a low of 5.99% to a high of 6.64%. Weekly pending home sales last week reached 70,676, down from 72,191 during the same week in 2025...

Mortgage rates level off, but is 6.5% the new normal?

Mortgage rates have soared in the past month, but market participants appeared to take a wait-and-see approach this week as they contemplate further price increases for home loans. On Monday, Mortgage News Daily reported that 30-year fixed rates averaged 6.43%, down 4 basis points in the past week. MND rates are based on best-execution pricing from lender rate sheets. HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates...

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