Miami Beach has another eight-figure real estate record on the books. A newly completed waterfront estate at 270 S. Hibiscus Drive has sold for $51.5 million, setting records for both the highest sale price and highest price per square foot across the guard-gated Hibiscus and Palm Islands. The transaction comfortably surpasses the previous sale-price record of roughly $40 million, according to the...

A curbless shower can make a bathroom feel more open, with flooring that flows seamlessly into the shower. It also can improve accessibility, including allowing for wheelchair or walker access. Installing one requires more planning and precision — and sometimes a higher budget — for...

California dominates list of markets with the steepest luxury price drops The U.S. luxury housing market continued its slow retreat from the extraordinary price levels reached in recent years, but the latest data point to a market increasingly defined by regional divergence rather than a uniform national correction. The national entry threshold for the top 5% of residential listings fell to $1,250,750 in...

While much of the housing industry is focused on the current wave of consolidation consuming the space, real estate brokerage Side is placing its bet on local and regional independent brokerages being the future of the industry.  “The prevailing narrative in the industry today is that there are going to be two or three brands that dominate real estate forever. This is not the future of the industry...

Mortgage brokers working with United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) say it remains “business as usual” following the lender’s second-quarter loss and a multibillion-dollar capital raise, with no noticeable impact so far on day-to-day loan production. The Pontiac, Michigan-based wholesale lender reported last week that it lost $451.9 million in the second quarter, driven largely by a $603.2 million...

Vishal Garg, the founder and former CEO of Better Home & Finance Holding Co., is seeking to regain control of the company after securing support from shareholders holding a majority of its voting power. Garg has retained attorney Alex Spiro in connection with the shareholder action, according to an announcement Thursday evening. In a letter delivered to Better’s board, Garg said he has signed...

Acrisure Mortgage announced Thursday that it has appointed Todd Boss as president, succeeding Joe Nunziata, who was recently promoted to president of Acrisure Real Estate Services. Boss will oversee the day-to-day operations of Acrisure Mortgage, including its nationwide mortgage platform, sales organization and strategic growth initiatives, and will report to Nunziata, who now oversees Acrisure’s...

Dream Finders Homes’ agreement to acquire Beazer Homes for $33.50 per share brings an end to homebuilding’s most dramatic takeover contest of 2026. What the deal says about what comes next may be even more compelling. The $2.2 billion enterprise-value deal will make Dream Finders the sixth-largest U.S. homebuilder by 2025 revenue. It also caps an unprecedented public pursuit by Dream Finders,...

There are garages, and then there are rooms designed to make a Rolls-Royce look like it belongs in an art museum. At Villa Spectre, a sprawling contemporary estate in Delray Beach, Florida, the owner’s car collection gets the latter treatment. A climate-controlled seven-car automotive gallery was incorporated directly into the architecture, with an executive office overlooking the cars from...

For anyone who’s ever liked the idea of going off-grid considerably more than the realities of actually doing it, there’s a house in Upstate New York that offers a rather compelling compromise. There are acres of forest. A creekside cottage. A secluded treehouse reached by a woodland trail. Long stretches where the closest neighbors are presumably deer. But there are also radiant heated floors,...