Palm Beach’s luxury real estate boom is fueling a rare phenomenon: the million-dollar property tax bill. Of all the affluent homeowners on the island, no one has a higher bill than billionaire hedge funder Ken Griffin, whose property tax bill is more than $10 million, according to Bloomberg. Griffin

Welcome back to Tech Pulse — a new weekly series rounding up the latest in technology, including tools, integrations and trends that impact mortgage and real estate.Here’s what happened this week:Longbridge’s Bill Packer on crafting AI that’s inclusive of seniorsAs AI becomes more common in financia

Dono, a company that offers artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools for title production, has appointed industry veteran Anthony Nalbone as its new head of revenue.Nalbone, who brings more than two decades of experience in the title insurance sector, joins Dono following a series of leadership role

Redfin has launched a new feature in partnership with home services provider Thumbtack to help homeowners find and hire professionals for home improvement and maintenance projects.By claiming their property on Redfin and visiting the Owner Dashboard, homeowners can now access a range of services — i

The American Land Title Association (ALTA) has announced three internal promotions as part of a broader effort to strengthen leadership and advocacy across the title insurance industry.Elizabeth Blosser, ALTA chief strategy, communications and innovation officer" data-medium-file="https://img.chime.

Premier Sotheby’s International Realty has reopened its office in Asheville, North Carolina, marking a significant milestone in the region’s recovery from Hurricane Helene.The real estate agency, which was severely damaged in the storm, underwent extensive restoration over the past nine months. Its

The expanding ubiquity of artificial intelligence (AI) across all facets of life is not showing any signs of a slowdown — and that includes its interactions with the reverse mortgage industry. Bill Packer, chief operating officer of Longbridge Financial, previously explained how senior-focused tailo

There are about 80,000 veterans in the U.S. who are behind on their mortgages and heading toward foreclosure, according to data from ICE Mortgage Technology, a number that could have been alleviated with help from the Veteran Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program.But just last month, the program

A New York real estate agent known for her appearance on Netflix’s “Million Dollar Beach House” was killed in a hit-and-run Thursday afternoon in the Hamptons, according to local reports.Sara Burack, 40, was found unconscious on a Hampton Bays road on Thursday afternoon. Authorities said she was pro

Real estate brokerages with revenue share models provide agents with a way to generate income beyond closing transactions with their own clients. But when it comes to creating a robust revenue-share downline, agents at two revenue share brokerages — eXp Realty and The Real Brokerage — say there is n

Adding fuel to what the baby boomer generation has been consistently saying for some time, a new Redfin survey shows that one-third of all boomer homeowners have no intention of selling their home. This further legitimizes claims that a “silver tsunami” of housing inventory is unlikely to materializ

The Office Depot site in Miami Beach’s Sunset Harbour traded for $28.5 million, The Real Deal has learned.  EOS Wellness Real Estate Miami LLC bought the 19,700-square-foot retail building on the 0.6-acre site at 1771 West Avenue, according to a source. Records show the seller is The George Jay II L

Newly formed real estate firm GrowIn Group proposes a pair of 32-unit condo buildings in Ojus, marking its first ground-up development projects.  GrowIn –– founded by Jorge Saivay, owner of Miami Gardens-based general contractor Saivay Construction, and industrial engineer Luis Ochoa –– proposes the

“South Florida by the numbers” is a web feature that catalogs the most notable, quirky and surprising real estate statistics.  They did it again! The Florida Panthers are the 2025 Stanley Cup Champions, after winning their first title in thrilling fashion last year. This year was an even more domina

Winn-Dixie parent Southeastern Grocers allegedly misled an Aventura-based developer into starting construction of a new store the company had no intention of occupying, court records show. On Monday, Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Abby Cinnamon ruled that an affiliate of TCII Capital Group can amend

Oren Alexander and his wife sold their waterfront Miami Beach mansion for $51.5 million, as the disgraced broker sits in jail awaiting trial for federal sex trafficking charges.  Alexander and Kamila Hansen Alexander sold the nearly 10,000-square-foot home at 2135 Lake Avenue to a trust named after

Broward County’s condo sales and dollar volume dropped in the second week of June.    Brokers closed 99 condo sales totaling $30.3 million from June 6 to June 14. The previous week, brokers closed 105 condo sales totaling $35.3 million.   Last week’s units sold for an average of $306,049, lower than

FHFA Director Bill Pulte called for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to resign today, shortly after President Trump urged Powell to cut the Fed funds rate by 2.5% in a social post.This follows the Federal Reserve’s decision yesterday to keep the Fed Funds rate unchanged. Although Powell pointe

Today, President Trump called Fed Chairman Jerome Powell “Too Late” in a social post and said that he can save the country billions of dollars by shaving 2.5% off the Fed Funds rate. This is part of an ongoing Trump attack on the Fed Chair to cut rates, but is this strategy the best way to do it?As

The U.S. home flipping market showed signs of strain in the first quarter of 2025 as the number of flipped properties dropped to a six-year low and profit margins continued to erode, according to ATTOM’s Q1 2025 U.S. Home Flipping Report.A total of 67,394 single-family homes and condominiums were fl