A newly completed waterfront home in Fort Lauderdale with a level of finishes and character that hit well above its price point has come to market for $11.995 million. Represented exclusively by Julie Jones of Douglas Elliman, the six-bedroom residence at 119 North Gordon Road spans nearly 7,000 square feet across a three-level layout designed for modern living and entertaining. Built by Gulf...

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Custom details are what turn a kitchen from simply stylish into deeply personal. Whether it’s a handcrafted island that feels like furniture, a hidden cabinet that squeezes storage out of every inch or a bold stone backsplash that climbs to the ceiling, these tailored touches make a...

The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), the nation's premier green building certification authority, and Measurabl, the leading sustainability data platform for real estate, today announced a strategic partnership to integrate Green Star certification data into Measurabl's data product suite. This collaboration integrates Green Star, Australia's equivalent to the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED...

Miami tops investment banker UBS's latest Global Real Estate Bubble Index, marking it as the world's riskiest urban housing market. Tokyo and Zurich follow closely, while Los Angeles, Dubai, Amsterdam, and Geneva are also flagged for elevated bubble risk, according to the Swiss bank's annual report. In contrast, markets including Singapore, Sydney, Vancouver, and Toronto fall into the moderate-risk...

Fair Isaac Corp.’s (FICO) decision to let resellers calculate and distribute its scores directly to lenders drew a mixed response from the mortgage industry — viewed by some as a step toward more competition, but by others as a potential driver of higher credit score costs in the short term. On Wednesday, FICO unveiled the program, which bypasses the three nationwide credit bureaus (Equifax,...

Kaplan Real Estate Education has released its first Real Estate Survey of Trends — highlighting both optimism about client growth and concerns over technology adoption in the industry. Nearly half of survey respondents (48%) expect to grow their client base in the next six to 12 months, with another significant portion projecting flat client volume. “The real estate industry is changing...

Mike Kortas wanted to be clear as he announced the company’s rebrand from the stage at NEXA Fest 2025: the company is not going into retail. The name change — from NEXA Mortgage to NEXA Lending — could seem like the prelude to lending in a new channel, but Kortas said it was actually a sign that NEXA was growing up. “NEXA was born in the days of BRAWL and nobody was more of a pit bull than me,...

Alabama’s housing market is splitting. Lower-priced homes are selling briskly, while higher-end listings linger, according to the latest HW Data. Affordable homes fuel pending sales Alabama’s entry-level homes are moving quickly. The state recorded 1,843 pending sales in its most affordable tier last week at a median price of $165,000 — well below the national entry-level median of $215,000....

West Capital Lending said on Thursday that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Mortgage Connections, a Michigan-based mortgage brokerage. Mortgage Connections, founded by Ali Younes & Joe Dakroub Esq., has closed more than 843 transactions and $239 million in funded loan volume over the last 14 months, according to data from MMI. The company’s production includes more than $88 million...