For many real estate agents and homeowners, the true cost of a homeowners association (HOA) is more than just the monthly check. Hidden within outdated governance practices — paper ballots, unverifiable email votes and opaque proxy chains— lies a financial time bomb that can decimate property values and trap homebuyers in toxic assets, says Jonathan Gropper, founder of TrueHOA. His property...

As part of HousingWire’s Editor’s Choice awards spotlight series, we’re spotlighting past Women of Influence honorees whose careers, leadership and insights continue to influence the industry. This series offers a closer look at the experiences and decisions that have shaped their paths. HousingWire reached out to Laurie Mecier-Brochu, CEO and president of Four Seasons Sotheby’s International...

Housing demand in 2026 has not disappeared under the weight of elevated mortgage rates. But it is becoming increasingly selective. The latest housing data suggests buyers are concentrating in markets where pricing remains more aligned with purchasing power — while higher-cost markets and pandemic-era boom regions are seeing more normalized conditions emerge. In his latest Housing Market Tracker,...

If you own a property and you’re thinking about renting it out, there’s a good chance you’ve already gone back and forth on this: do you list it on...

At EuroCucina 2026, the recent kitchen exhibition held in conjunction with Salone del Mobile in Milan (April 21-26), the kitchen was showcased as an open environment connecting to surrounding rooms through a continuous dialogue of colors, forms, materials and surfaces....

The Canadian housing market enters 2027 in the middle of a slow recovery from the 2024-2026 correction. National sales are forecast to climb 2.1% to roughly 485,071 units in 2027, and the national average price is expected to nudge up 0.9% from 2026 to $695,094. Those numbers hide a sharp regional split. Alberta and Saskatchewan remain seller's markets with rising prices, Ontario and British Columbia are...

The Canadian housing market enters 2027 in the middle of a slow recovery from the 2024-2026 correction. National sales are forecast to climb 2.1% to roughly 485,071 units in 2027, and the national average price is expected to nudge up 0.9% from 2026 to $695,094. Those numbers hide a sharp regional split. Alberta and Saskatchewan remain seller's markets with rising prices, Ontario and British Columbia are...

The Canadian housing market enters 2027 in the middle of a slow recovery from the 2024-2026 correction. National sales are forecast to climb 2.1% to roughly 485,071 units in 2027, and the national average price is expected to nudge up 0.9% from 2026 to $695,094. Those numbers hide a sharp regional split. Alberta and Saskatchewan remain seller's markets with rising prices, Ontario and British Columbia are...

The Canadian housing market enters 2027 in the middle of a slow recovery from the 2024-2026 correction. National sales are forecast to climb 2.1% to roughly 485,071 units in 2027, and the national average price is expected to nudge up 0.9% from 2026 to $695,094. Those numbers hide a sharp regional split. Alberta and Saskatchewan remain seller's markets with rising prices, Ontario and British Columbia are...

European commercial real estate continued its gradual recovery into early 2026, logging a seventh straight quarter of value gains as stronger rental income offset the drag from higher yields and persistent investor caution, according to data released by Altus Group. The firm's Q1 2026 Pan-European valuation dataset, which tracks open-ended diversified funds representing roughly €30 billion in assets...