Houston’s luxury condo scene is about to get a serious health upgrade. A new boutique tower called Ace & Ivy has officially launched sales, bringing 31 wellness-focused residences — including three penthouses — to 3100 W Alabama Street in River Oaks. Developed by Everlight Group, the project is built around a simple idea: daily life should support longevity, movement, and recovery. And in...

A newly completed estate at 126 Spinnaker Lane has hit the market for $33.25 million, adding a bold architectural statement to one of Jupiter’s most tightly held addresses. Located inside Admirals Cove — the guard-gated golf and yacht enclave known for its privacy, marina access, and championship fairways — the home spans roughly 9,971 square feet under air (12,600 total) on 0.71 private...

Luxury isn’t always about price. In fact, some of the most expensive-looking homes rely on surprisingly simple tricks — the kind that designers use all the time but rarely talk about openly. What makes a space look elevated usually comes down to proportion, materials, and restraint. A room with the right lighting, the right hardware, and a few thoughtful details can feel far more polished than one...

Some homes quietly work with you. Others seem to require constant effort. One feels calm, functional, and forgiving, while the other needs constant attention in the form of surfaces to clear, lights to fix, furniture to rearrange, or clutter to manage. The difference usually isn’t size or cost. It’s design. Supportive homes are built around how people actually live. They anticipate routines,...

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When a Colorado couple merged their lives later in life, they enlisted designer Rachel Ogburn, who uses Houzz Pro software, in 2024 to refresh the main living areas of their home. A leaking tub soon sparked a full-blown transformation of the dark, heavy primary...

Two of the most important elements in a home are daylight and well-functioning storage, and this Victorian row house in London was in need of both. Some of the rooms were dark, many had haphazard storage, and the decor was tired. So the owners invited designer Sybille Le Mene of Into Interior...

The U.S. government has begun enforcing its first nationwide anti-money laundering safeguards targeting the residential real estate market, closing a long-criticized loophole that allowed illicit funds to flow into property purchases with limited scrutiny. Effective March 1, 2026, the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) implemented the Residential Real Estate Rule (RRE...

Nature abhors a vacuum and does something about it. Homebuilders, their business and channel partners, their investors and lenders and their customers abhor uncertainty. But what can and will they do about it? Other than brace for more bumps. More air pockets. More “buying” of sales rather than selling of American households on houses that fit their dreams of a home. The question arises in the...

Experian is imposing another price increase on credit reports sold to mortgage lenders — an unusual move at this time of year, according to resellers who spoke with HousingWire.“I have never seen a price increase after a price increase in January,” said one reseller executive, who requested anonymity to avoid potential retaliation. “It comes out to about 3% — roughly $3 per borrower.” “We...