Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gaetano Marra Homes and Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Bannon & Hebert have merged operations — expanding their presence across Connecticut and consolidating under the Gaetano Marra Homes name. The merger brings together approximately 150 affiliated sales associates across four offices in Monroe, Bridgeport, Newtown and Middlebury, Connecticut. Plans...

Redfin has partnered with CubiCasa to integrate interactive floor plans and virtual tours into its real estate listings. Redfin is the first major home search platform to adopt CubiCasa’s interactive media directly into listings, supporting a growing demand among buyers for visual tools that help to assess a home’s suitability. “A home’s layout can make or break whether it’s the right fit,...

On this week’s RealTrending podcast, host Tracey Velt welcomes Lennox Scott, CEO of John L. Scott Real Estate, a company with nearly a century of legacy and leadership. With close to five decades of industry experience, Scott brings deep insights into both the past and future of real estate. Their conversation spans the transformative impact of artificial intelligence across sectors, the urgent...

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After purchasing this house in Henderson, Nevada, a couple with four young kids enlisted designer Christy Mancera of Cera Construction to make it better suit their lifestyle. Mancera, who used Houzz Pro software, reworked the entire floor plan to make the home more family-friendly.In the...

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Uneven Recovery Across Multiple Regions The U.S. housing market showed further signs of sluggish momentum in June 2025, as contract signings for home purchases dipped for the second consecutive month, underscoring persistent affordability challenges and buyer hesitation in many parts of the country. Pending home sales -- a forward-looking indicator of housing activity based on signed contracts -- declined...

Realty Executives International will consolidate its Arizona operations under a single ownership structure, effective Aug. 1. The consolidation combines the company’s Phoenix and Yuma brokerages with existing offices in Tucson, northern Arizona and the White Mountains under the Realty Executives Arizona Territory name. The realignment brings together nearly 1,000 agents across 24 statewide...

As Arizona grapples with rapid growth and a changing climate, long-standing groundwater regulations are being tested in courtrooms, boardrooms and booming desert suburbs. Developers and regulators are locked in a deepening dispute over how to manage the state’s finite water supplies — with the future of real estate, agriculture and sustainability hanging in the balance. “When the Groundwater...