How to Hire a Contractor (8 photos)

Do your due diligence before hiring your contractor. Price should not be the only factor when making the final decision on who will build your dream home. Your home is where you spend most of your time, and you don’t want poor-quality construction details staring you in the face, day after day....

World Property Markets to Launch Industry Wide Joint Venture Funding Round

Funding Aimed to Accelerate Global Real Estate Platform Development and Growth World Property Markets, a wholly owned portfolio company of Miami-based real estate technology developer World Property Ventures, announced this week that it is preparing to launch a major funding round in the second half of 2025. The capital raise is intended to accelerate the development and global deployment of the company's...

Commercial, Multifamily Mortgage Debt in U.S. Hits Record $4.81 Trillion in Early 2025

Despite ongoing challenges in new loan originations, commercial and multifamily mortgage debt levels in the U.S. continued to climb in the first quarter of 2025, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) latest Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Outstanding quarterly report. Total commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding rose by $46.8 billion, or 1.0%, to reach a record $4.81...

Texas team rejoins eXp Realty amid YouTube-driven growth

Kyler Ferris — the founder of Ferris Realty in Conroe, Texas — has rejoined eXp Realty, bringing with him a 45-agent team and a reported sales volume of $164 million in 2024. The move marks a return to the national brokerage after Ferris Realty’s brief stint as an independent firm. Ferris, whose “Living in Houston Texas” YouTube channel reportedly accounted for nearly half of his team’s...

Longbridge’s Bill Packer on crafting AI that’s inclusive of seniors

As more companies embrace the incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) into their business- and customer-facing operations, a concern has emerged among firms focused on delivering services to older people AI training typically occurs with younger staffers, who could then incorporate unconscious institutional biases that might leave seniors feeling alienated from the technology. Representatives...

NAHB encourages ‘practical’ renovations for aging in place

Aging in place is gaining momentum among older homeowners, and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has taken notice. The organization recently reported that 73% of homebuilding industry leaders say that requests for aging-in-place features have significantly or somewhat increased in the past five years, while 56% of remodelers are involved in home-modification work related to aging in...

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