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A California home builder sought to build three additional houses on lots it had owned for more than two decades in a coastal county. That should have been easy. It had already built four nearby homes. But it wasn’t. Years of court hearings followed when a state agency overrode San Luis Obispo County’s authority and denied the building permits. On Thursday, the California Supreme Court ruled...

Sixty-four percent of Americans say they feel confident they have enough money to live comfortably throughout retirement — down from last year — according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)’s 2026 Retirement Confidence Survey. The 36th annual survey, conducted online in January, is jointly produced by EBRI and Greenwald Research. Worker confidence fell to 61%, down 6 percentage...

Reverse Focus co-founder and longtime HECMWorld editor Shannon Hicks announced Thursday that he will leave the reverse mortgage technology and media firm on May 1 to become chief content officer at HighTechLending. Hicks has spent the past 15 years helping to build HECMWorld into an education and marketing platform focused on Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs), according to a company announcement....

After buying a townhome in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, these parents of two young children hired Habitar Design for a full remodel. In the 165-square-foot kitchen, dark cabinetry and limited storage made the...

While still a work in progress, digital property rights are becoming increasingly important to property...

Image Kamy Twiggs-Taylor says companies should reframe volunteerism as a structured leadership development...

Image The current market demands more strategic, adaptive leadership as cheap capital is no longer a reliable driver, says Ferguson...

Foreclosure activity across the U.S. housing market accelerated at the start of 2026, signaling mounting financial strain for a subset of homeowners even as overall volumes remain below pre-pandemic norms. A total of 118,727 properties recorded a foreclosure filing in the first quarter, up 6% from the prior three months and 26% from a year earlier, according to data released by ATTOM. The increase was...

Real estate fraud has evolved rapidly, and professionals across the industry already recognize that today’s schemes are more complex and convincing than ever. What has changed most is the scale — driven by artificial intelligence (AI) that can generate realistic emails, cloned voices and even live deepfake video impersonations of buyers, sellers or agents. In 2025, the FBI’s Internet Crime...

FSBO.com on Wednesday announced the launch of a new loan officer portal designed to integrate mortgage professionals earlier into the for-sale-by-owner (FSBO) home selling process, as the company looks to create a more structured and collaborative transaction model. The platform allows loan officers to assist sellers with listing creation, marketing and buyer screening, while also guiding financing from...