🏆 Residential: The priciest home sale recorded in South Florida was at Fort Partners’ Seaway at the Surf Club at 9149 Collins Avenue in Surfside. A company tied to the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands purchased a 4,500-square-foot condo at the luxury development for $27.1 million. The deal b

The cruelest part of the Great Wealth Transfer may be its timing. An estimated $124 trillion will pass between generations through 2048. But by then, even the youngest millennials—one of the generations expected to inherit the most—will be 52. The oldest will be 67. That may be early enough to cushi

Retired emergency-room-doctor-turned-developer Joseph Englanoff is once again trying to part ways with two of his over-the-top Los Angeles-area estates, bringing both opulent dwellings back to the market for the eye-watering total price of $167.95 million. The first of the two properties—a nine-bedr

When an industry’s incumbents can’t win on merit, they stop competing and start restricting. The MLS feed cutoffs to Zillow are the latest version of this pattern. Taxi commissions tried to slow Uber in 2014. They didn’t fight on product. They couldn’t. Uber was easier, cheaper and the cars were cle

There is an ongoing debate in mortgage lending about whether the industry is fundamentally broken or simply experiencing another cycle of technological evolution. Over the past decade, lenders have invested heavily in automation, OCR, verification services, title integrations and income validation t

The real estate arm of billionaire Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries scored a $225 million refinancing of the debt backing the Faena District, The Real Deal has learned.  J.P. Morgan increased the loan backing the district by $55 million, according to Access Real Estate, a division of New York-based

Tiny homes are becoming more and more popular. But in Portland, OR, one tiny home has become a big headache for a retired couple, significantly tarnishing their golden years. Residents John Benjamin, 77, and Trudy Benjamin, 67, are now suing their next-door neighbor Karen Ward for $200,000 over a fo

We are excited to announce that Jonathan Miller, who has long authored the most authoritative report on the residential real estate market, is partnering with The Real Deal. Below, you’ll find his Housing Notes column, which will now run on our site several times a week. In addition, Miller’s quarte

Realtor.com has integrated Agoyu’s AI-driven moving quote platform into select rental and for-sale listings, giving consumers access to instant estimates from vetted movers without an in-home visit, the companies announced on Monday. Within their home-search experience on Realtor.com, users can now

When one of the world’s most respected investment companies makes an $8.5 billion move during a challenging housing market, people tend to pay attention. Berkshire Hathaway‘s agreement to acquire Taylor Morrison Home Corp. has sparked conversations throughout the real estate industry — with many vie

[Editor’s Note: Berkshire Hathaway‘s planned acquisition of Taylor Morrison is one of those rare transactions whose significance extends well beyond the companies involved. Today’s analysis examines the deal through a broad strategic lens, exploring why Berkshire may be betting not simply on a homeb

Almost 60% of young adults have moved back home at some point, but they don't see it as a failure to launch. They see it as financially savvy. That the path to full independent living is increasingly an ongoing process, strewn with periods of moving out and then back in, is the conclusion of a new s

David Steward II, the son of billionaire tech entrepreneur David Steward, dropped $17 million for a horse farm in Wellington’s Grand Prix Farms community, according to property records.  The younger Steward, CEO of Lion Forge Entertainment, purchased the 7.82-acre double lot at 3351 Grand Prix Farms

It’s the first of the month, so I started my day with a familiar routine: Dust off the checkbook I use once every 30 or 31 days, write a check for an ungodly sum, and drop it off with my landlord. It turns out, I'm part of a diminishing share of renters. In 2025, online rent payments surpassed offli

With the increasing discourse surrounding listing data control and access, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has published three new resources aimed at providing clarity for MLSs and brokers navigating these conversations.  Two of the resources, NAR said, are a complement to its MLS policy

Mutual of Omaha Mortgage remained the nation’s largest reverse mortgage lender in May, even as overall Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements continued to decline, according to a report released Monday by HECMWorld.com that utilizes data from Reverse Market Insight (RMI). Mutual of Omah

It's tick season, and if you’re a homeowner in the Northeast, Upper Midwest, Middle Atlantic, Ohio River Valley, and even the South, don’t be surprised if they’re particularly active in your area.  Not only are ticks a nuisance, but they've also led to a growing number of emergency room visits. In f

The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is underway, and despite predictions of a quieter year, experts are urging the housing industry not to ease up on storm-resilient building. NOAA’s 2026 outlook calls for 8–14 named storms, 3–6 hurricanes, and 1–3 major hurricanes. That follows 2025, the first seaso

Former hockey pro Wayne Gretzky has sold the enormous Florida mansion he bought from his son-in-law, golfer Dustin Johnson, for a very hefty profit—offloading the elegant waterfront abode for $6.42 million. Gretzky, 65, who spent 20 years playing in the NHL, bought the extraordinary dwelling from Jo

A new analysis from Investopedia found that a single American who retires at 65 needs roughly $898,000 in savings to fund a comfortable retirement. But the required nest egg varies sharply — from about $644,000 in North Dakota to more than $1 million in New Jersey, Hawaii, California and Washington,