Greater Orlando Area Home Sales Dive 22 Percent in November

The Orlando real estate market took a noticeable step back in November 2025, as sales and listings dropped sharply ahead of the holiday season. Overall sales fell by 22.1% from October to November, with 1,820 homes sold in November 2025, compared to 2,335 in October, according to new data from the Orlando Regional Realtor Association. The decline in transactions was mirrored by a reduction in new listings,...

ICE taps Bob Hart to lead mortgage technology division

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) on Tuesday named Bob Hart as president of its ICE Mortgage Technology division. Hart will succeed Tim Bowler, who will transition to ICE’s fixed income and data services division, where he will focus on index development and financial institution infrastructure. The leadership changes take effect Jan. 1, 2026. Hart joined ICE Mortgage Technology through the...

Supreme Court denies REX’s request to rehear petition

The Supreme Court will not be taking up Real Estate Exchange (REX)’s appeal of a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in REX’s long-running antitrust suit against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and Zillow. The nation’s highest court denied REX’s rehearing request in a ruling on Monday. No reason was given for its refusal. REX filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to rehear...

ERA Real Estate affiliate announces North Texas acquisition

ERA Real Estate affiliate Sprout Realty ERA Powered announced its acquisition of Dallas-based 24Fifteen Realty, expanding its presence into the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and neighboring Waco, Texas. The acquisition includes two offices and nearly 100 agents. Following the transaction, the brokerage will operate as 24Fifteen ERA Powered. Founded in 2018, 24Fifteen Realty is led by Kenny Conoley,...

Century 21 expands presence in Idaho

Century 21 Real Estate has expanded its presence in Idaho’s Magic Valley through the affiliation of Twin Falls-based Gateway Real Estate. The brokerage — now operating as Century 21 Gateway — has been owned and operated since 2010 by Nathan Lyda, a Twin Falls native. Lyda entered the real estate industry in 1996 at his uncle’s firm and obtained his broker’s license five years later. He has...

Why Texas builders are betting on backup batteries for new homes

On March 4, 2025, a windstorm cut across Texas and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes. Outside Dallas-Fort Worth, the pattern was the same as the storm swept through one of Lennar‘s new communities: the grid went down, the neighborhood went dark. But 46 homes in that same community—the ones with a Base Power Company battery bolted to the wall and wired into the panel—didn’t...

Custom-built Key Largo home puts life at the water’s edge on Adam’s Cut Waterway

A custom-built waterfront estate in Key Largo has come to market for $11.38 million, offering direct ocean access at one of the Florida Keys’ most recognizable boating corridors. The property, located at 180 Pompano Drive, sits on a point lot at the tip of Adam’s Cut Waterway, a man-made channel locally known as “the Cut” that connects the Atlantic Ocean to Florida Bay and is widely used by...

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