Some upgrades don’t just improve a house, they change the entire vibe. The room suddenly feels more expensive, more intentional, more “someone designed this,” even when the actual spend was fairly modest. That’s because high-end homes don’t necessarily look expensive because everything costs a fortune. They look expensive because the details are resolved. Proportions are right. Lighting is...

Some Bel Air listings try to sell a fantasy. This one sells something even rarer: longevity. A timeless gated estate designed by acclaimed architect Gerard Colcord has just hit the market at $7.495 million, offering the kind of old-school Bel Air appeal that still makes people move like it’s 1998 and the zip code is a personality trait. The property at 253 Ashdale Place is listed with Juliette...

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The National Housing Market Tilts Sharply Toward Buyers in Late 2025 The U.S. housing market swung decisively into buyer-friendly territory at the end of last year, as a widening mismatch between supply and demand reached levels unseen in more than a decade. In December 2025, there were an estimated 47.1% more home sellers than buyers nationwide--roughly 631,500 additional sellers--marking the largest...

Signature Homes founder and Chairman Dwight Sandlin’s line — “nimbleness without sacrificing time and resources” — may sound like a homebuilder’s pipedream. That’s, unless you take the time to sit with what’s underneath it. In this market, “nimble” isn’t an organizational personality trait. It’s not hype; nor is it an abstraction. It’s an operational must-have. Would-be...