The latest technological revolution has upended the San Francisco Bay Area’s housing market, where AI pioneers flush with cash are offering massive down payments to lock down increasingly scarce premium properties. To track this phenomenon, the Realtor.com® economic research team studied down paymen

It was love at first sight for HGTV star Alison Victoria when she was first introduced to her Las Vegas–area home, where she is now committing to a “forever” future for herself, her design career, and her boyfriend, Brandt Andersen. The 44-year-old home design guru instantly knew the 1990s-built, fo

The conversation around artificial intelligence has reached a tipping point. For many professionals, the barrier is no longer skepticism. It’s saturation. AI is everywhere. Headlines, product demos, internal meetings and daily workflows. And yet, despite constant exposure, a large number of people r

The spring housing market came in with genuine momentum. Mortgage rates had moderated. Affordability was improving at the margins. Pent-up buyer demand was real. And running beneath all of it, quietly reshaping what buyers could actually afford, was the continued rise of homeowners insurance costs.

High rates and low inventories have beleaguered homebuyers for far too long. At a time when they should be exhilarated at the prospect of making their homeownership dreams come true, many instead feel stressed out, frustrated and uncertain as they face sticker shock, rate volatility, bidding wars, n

Most homeowners who obtain a reverse mortgage do it for one primary reason: to eliminate the required monthly principal and interest mortgage payment. And that makes perfect sense. For retirees living on a fixed income, removing a large monthly obligation can dramatically improve cash flow, reduce s

U.S. home purchase lending plunged to its lowest level in 12 years at the start of 2026, dragged down by elevated home prices and mortgage rates stuck above 6% that sidelined many prospective buyers. Roughly 581,000 home purchase loans were originated from January through March 2026, down 19% from t

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to curb foreign travel is proving to be a boon to the local travel industry.

A stunning Spanish-style estate in Los Angeles that was once home to celebrated actress Melanie Griffith has returned to the market for $5.8 million—after being elegantly "reimagined." Griffith—who is the mother of "Materialists" star Dakota Johnson—purchased the property for $3.75 million in March

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign promise to wipe out property taxes is moving forward as a proposal that could significantly slash revenue across the state heads to lawmakers. The Republican governor proposed a special legislative session for lawmakers to deliberate raising the homestead exemption on pri

Word that Eastwood Homes would acquire Atlanta-based Peachtree Building Group on Tuesday came as any private-to-private combination might. An energized, well-led, fast-growing Carolinas-based private homebuilder was expanding its reach and deepening its foothold in one of America’s most strategicall

An "enchanting" and one-of-a-kind compound in Key West, FL, is offering up an opportunity to not only own one of the few remaining properties in the area with a highly sought-after transient license, but also the chance to become the next steward of a "house-made" Key lime pie recipe that has been p

BH Group closed on the nearly $21 million purchase of a shuttered golf course in Palm Beach County after settling litigation with the seller, developer Glenn Straub.  In December, Aventura-based BH, led by Liat and Isaac Toledano, sued the entity managed by Straub that owned the Polo West Golf Cours

The global population could be cut in half in just 40 years, under a worst-case scenario modeled in a new study. However chilling the headline findings are, the authors of the report, published in "Chaos, Solitons & Fractals," are careful to explain that current trends are stable. “We emphasize that

More than six months after Zillow first pulled Matterport’s 3D tours from its website in October 2025, due to Matterport’s updated terms of service, the two companies are still debating whether Zillow can display the tours on its website.  In a statement on Wednesday, Matterport president Rob Hines

Pennsylvania lawmakers are moving to bring home equity investment (HEI) companies under state banking oversight, with a floor vote scheduled June 1. The legislation, House Bill 2120, would subject shared appreciation agreements to similar regulations as those governing traditional lenders. The propo

AquaBlue Group secured a buyer for its waterfront Venetian Islands homes, asking $67 million. The pending deal leads the 26 luxury home contracts signed in Miami-Dade County between May 18 and May 24, according to the weekly report by Douglas Elliman’s Eklund-Gomes team.  The report tracks listings

Imagine basking in the sun at your villa in the quaint Italian village of Ollolai or sipping a spritz and tucking into pasta in an Italian town literally called Penne—and doing it all for the cost of a convenience store coffee. Sounds pretty good, right? Americans' interest in moving abroad surged i

New York City parents are fleeing the big city—and taking their kids with them. The Big Apple lost an astonishing 150,000 children (and their parents) in the four years after 2020, a nearly 9% drop, according to a new analysis. To put that into perspective, the city's child-aged population decline d

Zohran Mamdani ran for mayor on one promise: make New York City affordable again. This week, he moved to further dismantle the rules New York spent decades erecting to prevent residential density. Mamdani released a 10-year housing plan pledging to build 200,000 new affordable homes while preserving