I recently got a question from Real Estate Writer Michele Lerner for Florida Realtor magazine that cut right to the chase of this technological moment: Can AI replace real estate agents?⁣ Here’s my answer: Not yet. And maybe not ever, but not because I’m anti-tech. Quite the opposite. I’m an early adopter. I love tools that make us more efficient and informed. Yes, AI is improving every day, but...

Set in a 1978 home in Santa Cruz, California, this primary bathroom felt dated and cramped for a couple with two school-aged kids. Glass-block windows dimmed the space, beige tile covered nearly every surface and a tight layout squeezed the shower beside a bulky built-in tub. Separate...

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Asia-Pacific commercial real estate investment is holding steady into 2026, even as escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and shifting capital dynamics prompt investors to reassess risk and reallocate flows across the region, according to new analysis from CBRE. The data captures conditions in the opening months of 2026, before the April escalation of the Middle East conflict intensified...

A wave of texts and mailers warning that California politicians are targeting retirement savings for taxation has sparked confusion among voters, but experts say the claims mischaracterize a broader fight over competing ballot initiatives. At issue is a proposed measure called the Retirement and Personal Savings Protection Act, one of several initiatives tied to an emerging political battle over a...

Selling season 2026 – long on uncertainty and short on Spring mojo – is keeping many private homebuilders up at night and on edge all day long. The challenge is no longer just about generating traffic to homebuilder websites and new neighborhood sales centers, converting buyers, or managing incentives. It also concerns whether the business is prepared to react quickly and adapt effectively to...

If you want to understand the DNA of the modern American homebuilding industry, you don’t start in a boardroom or on Wall Street. You start in the aftermath of World War II. The men (and they were almost entirely men at the time) who came home from that war didn’t just return with discipline and grit. They returned with something far more valuable: a working knowledge of logistics at scale,...

While national brands dominate real estate headlines, an independent brokerage based in Pennsylvania’s chocolate capital has quietly posted one of the industry’s strongest five-year growth runs. Iron Valley Real Estate — now rebranding as IVRE — placed No. 10 nationally for five-year volume growth and No. 3 for five-year transaction side growth on RealTrends Verified’s 2026 brokerage...