Owning a private island often conjures images of rustic beach huts and weeks of complicated planning before every visit. Vawa Island was created to be something entirely different. Now listed for $10 million, the 75-acre island in Fiji’s spectacular Yasawa archipelago was developed by Shauna and Barry Walker, with Barry best known as the co-founder of cannabis brand Dub Bros. Shauna...

Some luxury condominiums stand out because of their location. Others distinguish themselves through scale. This newly listed residence on Fisher Island offers both. Now asking $36.25 million, the five-bedroom home at Palazzo Del Sol was created by combining two separate apartments into one expansive residence spanning 7,630 square feet. Represented by Jill Eber of The Jills Zeder Group, the home...

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The U.S. housing market regained momentum in the second quarter of 2026, with home prices rising across a larger share of metropolitan areas as buyers returned despite continued pressure from elevated mortgage rates. Home prices increased year-over-year in 80% of U.S. metropolitan markets during the second quarter, up sharply from 71% in the first quarter, according to the latest quarterly report from the...

AGNT Inc. — formerly eXp World Holdings — reported record second-quarter revenue as eXp Realty continued to increase agent productivity, transaction volume and market share. Leaders touched on those results and the company advancing its operation of multiple brokerage models during a Tuesday earnings call, following its May acquisition of NextHome. The company reported $1.4 billion in...

Finance of America Companies Inc. (FOA) grew its reverse mortgage and home equity funding volume 21% year over year in the second quarter of 2026, even as non-cash fair value marks in its portfolio business drove a net loss of $29 million from April through June. The Texas-based lender on Tuesday reported $730 million in funded volume for the quarter ending June 30, up from $602 million during the same...

As many homebuilders scale back on spec inventory to preserve margins, M/I Homes continues to hew to a contrarian strategy: More specs.  During earnings calls for Q4 2025 and Q1 2026, M/I Homes executives reiterated their plans to maintain a spec-heavy playbook. The company’s Q2 2026 earnings call last week indicates that the M/I team will stay the course as an outlier. About 78% of M/I Homes’...

loanDepot reported a sharply narrower net loss in the second quarter as the lender expanded its home equity business, increased loan production and improved operating leverage. The company posted a net loss of $6.6 million for the second quarter ended June 30, compared with a loss of $54.9 million in the first quarter. Revenue increased 18% from the prior quarter to $337.3 million, while loan...

Florida’s new push to accelerate homebuilding is hitting up a familiar wall of resistance in the Naples area: local resistance. Instead of fighting over zoning, the battle is about permitting. Private-provider inspectors say Collier County officials have thwarted third-party inspections required under state law. State lawmakers strengthened that law last year. It took effect July 1. Florida,...

National Airbnb occupancy dropped from 57% in 2024 to roughly 50% by early 2026. If you stopped reading right there and assumed the short-term rental opportunity is drying up,...