AARP, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to serving older Americans, on Wednesday announced more than $8 million in grants across the country. The funds aim to make communities more livable, with specific targets toward improving housing, public spaces, transportation and digital connectivity. As part of the 10th anniversary of the nonprofit’s Community Challenge grant program,...

Northeast Ohio real estate agent Tracy Jones is setting a top-ranked transaction pace after overcoming some of life’s most difficult circumstances. Today, her Keller Williams-affiliated real estate team ranks No. 1 in Ohio among medium teams for transaction sides on RealTrends Verified’s rankings — with 300 sides and $56.4 million in volume in 2025. The Tracy Jones Team, headquartered in...

The Standard has built its reputation on creating places people don’t simply stay in — they talk about them afterward. From Miami Beach and New York to London and Los Angeles, the hospitality brand has become synonymous with a certain kind of lifestyle: social, design-driven, slightly irreverent, and always plugged into the neighborhood around it. Now, for the first time in its history, The...

There are renovations. There are gut renovations. And then there are projects like this one, where almost nothing survives except the address. A newly listed estate in Rancho Santa Fe’s coveted Covenant community is being marketed as a reimagining, but that may actually understate what happened here. By the time designer Susan Spath and builder Greg Agee finished their work, virtually every...

A growing number of real estate companies are now using some form of AI-powered software. The adoption spans across a few use cases but none is more consequential for...

Для многих людей фейерверк четвертого июля означает ежегодное празднование, отмеченное барбекю, семейными посиделками и очаровательными вспышками красочного света. Однако для многих домашних животных те же самые вспышки света и звука могут пугать и дезориентировать, вызывая реакции, начиная от разрушения...

Image CEO Dallas Tanner sees growing demand for flexible housing...

Image CEO Giacomo Balzarini sees widening gap between prime and non-prime...

Refinancing Rises as Rates Hold Steady After Hawkish Fed Signal Mortgage applications increased 1.0 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week ended June 19, 2026, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey. The gain was driven by a pickup in refinancing, while purchase activity edged lower amid largely stable borrowing costs following the Federal Reserve's...

Mortgage rates are moving higher as 2026 nears its midway point. And sentiment has shifted when it comes to rate expectations as more housing market observers are predicting at least one rate hike this year — a stark contrast to the start of 2026 when multiple cuts were on the table and sub-6% rates seemed possible. At HousingWire‘s Mortgage Rates Center on Tuesday, rates for 30-year conventional...