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Digital real estate infrastructure company World Property Markets is making an ambitious bid to dominate global property discovery with WORLD PROPERTY SEARCH, an emerging AI-powered listings search engine and super-app set to launch by year-end. Currently under development, WORLD PROPERTY SEARCH is being positioned as the world's first global, multilingual, and industry-specific real estate listings AI...

Inventory Rises on Higher Listings, but Prices Hold Firm The Central Florida housing market showed signs of gradual rebalancing in April 2026, with modestly lower sales, rising inventory, and steady price growth across a five-county region, according to monthly data from the Orlando Regional Realtor Association covering Orange, Osceola, Lake, Seminole, and Volusia counties. Overall residential sales...

Last July, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a landmark law shielding apartment and residential projects from lengthy environmental review processes to boost the state’s housing supply and improve affordability. It’s working – but not without a fight. Developers wasted no time seizing the opportunity. A growing list of housing developments are securing exemptions from reviews under the 1970...

A high-profile proposal to borrow $1.5 trillion and invest the money in stocks to salvage Social Security’s finances would likely leave taxpayers saddled with enormous debt, even under optimistic market conditions, according to a new analysis from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. The brief is critical of a plan championed by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who...

Not long ago, artificial intelligence was considered a headline-grabbing, yet futuristic and perhaps unreliable concept. Now, companies, including homebuilders, are increasingly leveraging AI in their day-to-day decision-making.  Oliver Alexander, Founder & CEO at Prophetic, an AI-driven platform that automates the initial land discovery and analysis process for developers and homebuilders, has...

As part of HousingWire’s Editor’s Choice awards spotlight series, we’re spotlighting past Women of Influence honorees whose careers, leadership and insights continue to influence the industry. This series offers a closer look at the experiences and decisions that have shaped their paths. In this feature, Kevelyn Guzman, Regional Vice President at Coldwell Banker Warburg, reflects on the...

“Top-five-ranked U.S. homebuilding companies don’t happen overnight. Except when they do. These two lines almost wrote themselves in early 2024 when Sekisui House skyrocketed into the top tier of U.S. homebuilding with its $4.9 billion acquisition of MDC Holdings.  Sumitomo Forestry’s announced $4.5 billion acquisition of Tri Pointe Homes closed last week, triggering a similar shake-up in...

Most Florida Keys homes force buyers to choose. Big water views or protected dockage. Privacy or convenience. New construction or future upside. This Tavernier compound somehow checks nearly every box at once. Listed for $40 million by Angel Nicolas and Courtney Conley of SERHANT., the dual-parcel property on Millionaire’s Row combines a newly constructed waterfront estate with a second...

It’s not unusual to see curbless showers in large primary bathrooms. But designers of these four baths found ingenious ways to add no-threshold showers and other accessibility and aging-in-place features in spaces that are between 55 and 72 square feet in size. Additionally, the...

There’s a lot to consider when designing or renovating a kitchen. To ensure your kitchen meets your storage goals, I recommend researching and budgeting for custom storage during the planning stages. While storage products can be added after construction, working with your pro team and...