Dallas Federal Reserve President Lorie Logan has warned that the central bank may need to increase interest rates this year to rein in inflation before it gets out of control. One of the Federal Reserve's most hawkish members and a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), Logan mad

Brokerage giant Compass is facing an investigation by the antitrust division of the New York State Attorney General's Office after combining with rival Anywhere Real Estate earlier this year. Compass in January closed its $1.6 billion megamerger with Anywhere, expanding its network of agents and ind

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s longest-serving deputy resigned abruptly on Wednesday, a result of the fuel depot debacle on Fisher Island.  Jimmy Morales, chief operating officer, and PortMiami Director Hydi Web are out of their county jobs, Political Cortadito reported. The county i

New York state is on the verge of restricting private home listings marketed to an exclusive audience, making it the latest state to crack down on the controversial practice. The New York state Senate passed the "Fair and Transparent Real Estate Listing Act" in a vote of 60-0 from its noncontroversi

Berkshire Hathaway’s planned acquisition of Taylor Morrison has opened the door for us to explore a set of uber-themed questions: about homebuilders’ present and future valuations, leadership and scale, and to the question that public homebuilder boards may now be asking: whether to build toward gre

After spending much of its first decade laying the groundwork for growth, Maryland-based Schaefer Homes emerged as the eighth-fastest-growing homebuilder by residential sales volume in HousingWire’s inaugural HousingWire Homebuilder Rankings.  Jim Schaefer, CEO of Schaefer Homes, founded the company

Industrial investors have been active in South Florida’s warehouse market this week, with two buyers closing a pair of deals totaling more than $116 million in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Atlanta-based Republic National Distributing Company, one of the country’s largest alcohol distributors, so

Actress Jennifer Aniston's boyfriend Jim Curtis has delisted his longtime New York City home, just over four months after putting the property on the market for $1.5 million—and mere weeks after the couple marked their one-year anniversary. Curtis, 50, who works as a professional lifestyle guru, pur

Affordable housing advocates are warning that proposed reductions to several key U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs could make it harder for communities to address persistent affordability challenges and expand housing supply. The National Association of Local Housing Fi

Mortgage lenders are rolling out new credit scoring models, but in the secondary market, investors and credit rating agencies are awaiting additional performance data while developing workarounds to keep loans moving through the system. Susan Hosterman, senior director for North America RMBS and cov

If you’re considering a micro-renovation this summer—like a kitchen refresh, flooring upgrade, or lighting overhaul—you have options on how you can fund it. Popular options include a 0% APR credit card or tapping into your home equity. Both financing solutions are worth exploring for smaller project

Achieve has expanded its fixed-rate home equity line of credit (HELOC) program, raising the maximum loan amount to $700,000 and lowering its lowest available annual percentage rate to 5.5% for qualified borrowers, the digital personal finance company said Wednesday. The changes, which took effect Ju

A longtime South Florida real estate agent, her two daughters and their father were found stabbed to death inside a Doral home in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide.  Police said they found Melanie Hyer, 46, Savannah Whiten, 11, Sienna Whiten, 8, and Ryan Charles Whiten, 42, during a we

The country’s largest reverse mortgage brokerages based on February activity continued to set the pace in March across the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) space, according to endorsement data released Thursday by Reverse Market Insight (RMI) and published by HECMWorld.com. The top five broker

Soccer legend David Beckham has revealed how he is passing his time ahead of the 2026 World Cup—sharing a video of himself tending to the wildlife and flowers at his enormous English countryside estate, just days before the international tournament is due to kick off. The 51-year-old, who represente

Peter Thiel’s family office leased space at OKO Group and Cain International’s 830 Brickell tower in a record deal for Miami-Dade County.  The deal is for $250 per square foot for nearly 18,200 square feet of space on the 44th floor of the building, with Thiel’s family office taking over part of the

Newfi Lending has integrated Prudent AI’s income analysis engine into its broker portal, giving brokers near real-time calculations for non-QM loans and cutting bank-statement turn times from roughly 72 hours to as little as three, the companies announced Wednesday. The new IncomeIQ portal, built on

Two federal lawmakers are urging Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson to investigate the referral practices of online real estate platforms.  In a letter sent to Chairman Ferguson last Friday, Representatives Jennifer McClellan and Donald Beyer, both Democrats from Virginia, claim

Unemployment and foreclosure activity were the primary drivers of housing market risk in the first quarter of 2026, with clusters of vulnerable counties in Florida and California along with safer markets concentrated in Tennessee, according to ATTOM‘s Housing Impact Report released Thursday. ATTOM’s

The flagship XC90 T8 Ultra AWD Plug-in Hybrid. Photo courtesy of Volvo The XC90 has always been a key model for Volvo. When it landed in 2002, it marked the dawn of “New Volvo.” This is when Volvos stopped looking like the box they came in, and buyers were no longer tweed-suited educators from Vermo