After raising their daughter, a California couple shifted focus to caring for the wife’s elderly mother in their late-1970s home. To make the space safer and more functional, they prioritized updating their outdated primary bathroom, which had a cramped vanity and a hazardous step-up...

Quality of life, respect for nature, and sustainable building provide impetus for the only conservation community in Northern California's Bay Area - Lagoon Valley. This is the first of its kind in Northern California. The Lagoon Valley Conservation Community is easily accessible to Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, Walnut Creek, Sacramento, and Silicon Valley, with quick and easy access to freeways I-80,...

Image CEO Darrell Crate says evolving federal leasing strategy is a tailwind for Easterly's REIT...

Image Each month, Nareit highlights recent executive career moves, board changes, and other notable individual achievements within the REIT and publicly listed real estate...

The U.S. housing market is entering the second half of the year on uncertain footing, according to Cotality's latest midyear market analysis. While price growth is slowing and inventory is rising--offering a glimmer of hope to buyers--high home prices, property taxes, and borrowing costs continue to challenge affordability. Mortgage performance remains largely stable, but signs of regional divergence and...

Image CEO Mahbod Nia also says REIT plans to sell up to $500 million in non-core...

Despite growing attention around all-cash transactions, most Americans — especially first-time buyers — continue to finance their home purchases, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Among primary residence buyers, 74% financed their home purchase in 2024. That share jumps to 91% for first-time buyers, said Jessica Lautz, NAR’s deputy chief economist and vice...

The U.S. Conference of Mayors formally endorsed a bipartisan statement to support the Let America Build campaign — a housing policy initiative backed by Realtor.com — during the organization’s annual meeting in Tampa on Sunday. The resolution — introduced by Austin Mayor Kirk Watson — acknowledges the mounting housing affordability crisis, and it calls for policy reforms at all levels of...

As class-action lawsuits continue against major real estate brokerages for alleged telemarketing violations, firms of all sizes are under increasing pressure to strengthen their compliance practices. According to attorney Michele Shuster, a founding partner of Mac Murray and Shuster LLP, staying within the bounds of federal and state telemarketing laws isn’t just a legal necessity — it’s vital...

The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) on Monday issued a letter of support for the Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA)’s white paper on LO compensation reform. CHLA‘s white paper, released last week, urged Congress to roll back the loan originator compensation rule to focus on its original purpose — a ban on yield spread premiums (YSP), a predatory practice from the financial...