New York state’s most sweeping reform of a 50-year-old environmental review law is on the books. Gov. Kathy Hochul secured the changes as part of the state budget, cutting red tape on housing construction. Developers, municipalities and environmental advocates are watching to see how the law works in practice in the real world. Rules still need to be written. Overhauling the State Environmental...

Stylecraft Builders, a second-generation-led Texas homebuilder more than four decades in the making, is not letting homebuilding’s underwhelming 2026 Spring Selling Season go to waste.  Nor, in spite of hesitant homebuyer demand plaguing many of Texas’ submarkets, has Stylecraft’s momentum slowed. The homebuilder, which predominantly targets entry-level and move-up buyers outside of the major...

Rechat has expanded its platform to allow brokerages, teams, technology providers and vendors to build and deploy custom branded applications directly on top of its real estate operating system. Custom app features are available immediately. The initiative builds on work that began more than a year ago with companies including Douglas Elliman and SERHANT., which developed custom applications using...

Buffini & Company has added three senior executives — Steve Pacinelli as chief revenue officer, JB Bolton as chief operating officer and Ethan Beute as chief ambassador — as the coaching firm looks to scale its relationship-driven business model in an AI-focused market, the company announced earlier this month. The appointments follow the April promotion of former BombBomb co-founder Darin...

eXp World Holdings, Inc. has completed its corporate transformation to AGNT, Inc., including a formal name change and a move of its legal domicile from Delaware to Texas, the company announced Thursday. The holding company for eXp Realty, NextHome, FrameVR.io and SUCCESS Enterprises now trades on Nasdaq under the AGNT ticker and will operate under the AGNT, Inc. name going forward. The shift follows the...

Most luxury condos try to feel like houses. This one skips the comparison entirely. Because at nearly 12,000 square feet spread across three levels, Villa Eterna Mare isn’t pretending to be a house. It is one. It just happens to sit inside one of South Florida’s most exclusive oceanfront addresses. Located within The Estates at Acqualina in Sunny Isles Beach, the residence has entered the...

A historic Hudson Valley property that played a supporting role in Ang Lee’s 2009 film Taking Woodstock has come to market in Hillsdale, New York, asking $3.85 million. Known as Southview Farm, the estate spans 27 acres of rolling meadows and countryside with sweeping views of the Taconic Mountains. The property served as a filming location for several scenes in Taking Woodstock, helping recreate...

With three kids and packed schedules, this Encinitas, California, family needed a kitchen that could keep pace with daily life. The existing 170-square-foot space, dating to the 1990s, had short upper cabinets, expansive beige-brown granite surfaces and cramped circulation paths that...

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When Joe McNally earned his real estate license at age 18, he became the youngest licensed agent in Maine. That distinction was notable — but early success proved elusive. “My mother got her real estate license, and I got mine a year later,” McNally told HousingWire. “I was so young, and I never closed a deal. It was hard to earn trust from homeowners, buyers, that sort of thing. I was there...