After a weekend of crazy headlines and a stock sell-off on Monday morning, bond yields are close to hitting 4% again, but mortgage rates are back under 6% once again, which is the multiyear low in recent history. The biggest reason rates are under 6% isn’t just that the 2025 labor market produced the lowest job-growth year in the 21st century outside of recession. It’s because mortgage spreads are...

Some homes are clearly built for hosting. You notice it almost immediately. People gather easily. No one awkwardly hovers. Drinks appear without disruption. Conversation flows naturally. And somehow, everything feels comfortable without feeling overly precious. It’s not always about size, either. Plenty of large homes still feel stiff or impractical when guests come over. Meanwhile, smaller homes...

PropTech companies are built on data. Listings, comparables, rental rates, occupancy trends, and investment returns are the foundation. Every product feature ultimately depends on structured and reliable information. So...

Building reliable real estate data infrastructure seems like a natural step for growing PropTech platforms. However, collecting and maintaining nationwide property data can take months of engineering work, while...

For real estate professionals evaluating data solutions, pricing is often the deciding factor after reviewing features and datasets. Investors, PropTech companies, and analytics teams need clear visibility into the...

Real estate investment has evolved from a slow, relationship-driven business into a high-velocity, data-driven science. For Propese, a platform designed to help investors and brokers see the full story...

When designing a new lakeside home for repeat clients, Jean Rehkamp Larson of award-winning Minnesota firm Rehkamp Larson Architects sought to capture the grace and symmetry of an old house while ensuring all the comforts of modern living. Collaborating closely with colleague Angela Taffe Wingate,...

An outdoor space — whether a yard, patio or deck — is high on many homeowners’ entertaining wish lists. Whether you like to have a crowd over for cocktails, a few friends for dinner or a small gathering for drinks around a fire pit, the right lighting helps extend outdoor enjoyment after...

Single-family rent growth across the U.S. decelerated sharply at the end of 2025, underscoring a broad cooling in housing demand and rising tenant leverage in several Sun Belt markets. National rents for single-family homes rose 1.2% in December 2025 from a year earlier, according to Cotality's latest Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI). That marks a steep slowdown from the 2.5% annual gain recorded between...

Designers share the top nine secrets to flawlessly execute this beautiful, high-impact...