Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) moved Monday to formally separate access to its multiple listing service (MLS) from mandatory membership with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) — a change the organization’s leader said is aimed at expansion and risk management. MRED offers wholesale listing data and technology to roughly 40 partner Realtor associations and MLSs across the Midwest. These...

Following in the footsteps of an initial dataset for 2025, Reverse Market Insight (RMI) and HECMWorld published updated numbers this week for reverse mortgage broker and third-party originator activity. While the top Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) originators for January 2026 did not vary from 2025 as a whole, they offer insight into which companies hit the ground running in 2026 — a year...

Compass is dismissing its antitrust lawsuit against Zillow over the listing portal giant’s listing access standards policy. The Robert Reffkin-helmed firm filed its motion to dismiss the lawsuit without prejudice, meaning that Compass could file another lawsuit against Zillow with similar claims in the future, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday.  Compass said...

New Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s first-year housing agenda delivered new money and new tools for affordable housing preservation, but it fell short on the package’s biggest supply-side proposal: a statewide push to allow multifamily housing by right in many commercially zoned areas. A pair of bills would have required local zoning codes to allow multifamily and mixed-use residential...

President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting mortgages addresses several concerns raised by banks and nonbanks, which have largely welcomed it as a road map for regulatory change. But it’s also receiving pushback from consumer advocates.Friday’s order on “promoting access to mortgage credit” aims to boost lending by community banks (with less than $30 billion in assets) and smaller banks...

On a street lined with some of Los Angeles’ most recognizable names — from LeBron James to Travis Scott — a newly built residence is taking a different approach to luxury. At 694 N Tigertail Road, the $23.995 million home doesn’t lean into glass walls or ultra-modern minimalism. Instead, it looks elsewhere: toward European manor houses, aged materials, and a slower, more tactile kind of...

Some homes look perfect on paper. They have the square footage, the finishes, the location, and the kind of design that photographs beautifully. But once you step inside, something doesn’t quite land. It’s rarely one obvious flaw. More often, it’s a collection of small decisions that don’t quite align — subtle imbalances in light, proportion, layout, or flow that create a quiet sense of...

Front entrance lighting is essential, not only for safety and making entry easier, but also for creating a welcoming look. Whether you’re aiming to make a statement, blend fixtures with your property’s style or reflect the wider surroundings, the lights you choose are a key part of your home’s...

Confidence among U.S. homebuilders edged higher in March, signaling modest stabilization in the housing sector, though persistent affordability challenges and macroeconomic uncertainty continue to constrain momentum. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) rose one point to 38, extending a slight upward revision in February. Despite the improvement, sentiment...

Dozens of innovative companies have sprung up over the past 15 years, each vowing to revolutionize home building.  Many haven’t, don’t, and won’t make it through the “early-stage” gauntlet of A, B, and C series capital raises, where they can pay off their debt, cover their bills and sustainably generate net earnings from their operations.  A pedigreed strategic and operational brain trust...