With CrossCountry Mortgage’s deal to acquire Two Harbors Investment Corp. one step closer to the finish line after securing shareholder approval, the focus is shifting to what may be the next major challenge: integrating the businesses. Industry experts pointed out the complex task of bringing a large servicing portfolio in-house, but analysts expressed confidence in CCM’s ability to combine both...

AARP is urging Congress to reject a proposal that would create a fast-track process for developing and considering legislation aimed at strengthening Social Security’s long-term finances. The Protecting Retirement Opportunities and Maintaining Income Security for Everyone — PROMISE — Act, introduced July 14 by Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Bill Cassidy, R-La., and six other senators, would direct the...

Independent real estate brokerages will soon have a new path to compete with national conglomerates without sacrificing their autonomy. Rodland Private Members — a membership platform launching this fall — will give independent firms access to enterprise-grade artificial intelligence (AI)-powered operations through its proprietary RoRo platform. The program, announced by Rodland Real Estate...

There are oceanfront homes in La Jolla. Then there are the handful perched atop what’s known as Billionaire’s Bluff. Now, one of just eight residences occupying this exceptionally exclusive stretch of California coastline has come to market for $21.5 million. Represented by Elliott Ahajanian of Compass, the estate sits beside the property that set San Diego County’s residential sales record...

For most of his career, internationally acclaimed portrait photographer Jonas Fredwall Karlsson has stood behind the camera, photographing world leaders, celebrated athletes, entrepreneurs, and cultural icons for publications including Vanity Fair, Vogue, GQ, and National Geographic, as well as global brands like Rolex and Apple. For nearly a decade, however, his creative focus shifted from capturing...

A prime golf course location couldn’t make up for the lack of character in this 1997 Jacksonville, Florida, kitchen. Boxed in by an awkward angled peninsula, short bland cabinets and a cramped appliance layout, the space wasn’t at all conducive to the...

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South Florida's rapid post-pandemic ascent has produced a landmark shift in U.S. living costs--and left Miami a victim of its own success. For the first time in the data series, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metropolitan area ranks as the nation's second-most expensive major metro, surpassing the New York-Newark-Jersey City region and trailing only the San Francisco Bay Area. According to the...

A House Judiciary subcommittee is pressing Compass International Holdings and Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) to explain their nationwide private listing network partnership, citing concerns that the arrangement could limit transparency, reduce competition and harm homebuyers and sellers. The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust sent...

The market-driven forces for greater homebuilder margins, sales pace and efficiency in 2026 take a variety of shapes, sizes, risks and opportunistic tactics. For PulteGroup, a key margin-enhancing strategy is leveraging improved build-cycles and a balanced sales pace to swell its mix of build-to-order (BTO) homes vs. speculative starts. Pulte, the third-largest homebuilder according to HousingWire’s...