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

Better Home & Finance Holding Co. and Coinbase have funded what the companies say is the first Fannie Mae-backed mortgage in the U.S. that uses bitcoin as collateral, marking a new step in the integration of digital assets into mainstream housing finance. The companies announced Thursday that they p

The housing crisis is colliding with a shortage of healthcare workers, and the combination could threaten the ability of seniors to age in place. Today, the U.S. is short nearly 85,000 physicians across all specialties. By 2038, that deficit is projected to grow to 141,000 physicians, according to t

Michael Comras wants to turn a service alley and vacant storefronts from Lincoln Road to North Lincoln Lane in Miami Beach into a pedestrian retail destination lined with boutiques, cafés and outdoor seating. The investor filed plans with the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board for renovations t

For months, if not years, homebuyers have been waiting for mortgage rates to fall—perhaps not to COVID-era levels, but at least somewhere in that range. But as inflation persists and economic uncertainty continues, the average 30-year fixed home loan rate hit a nine-month high of 6.53% last week, be

Simone Biles may well have taken a step back from elite gymnastics in the wake of the 2024 Olympics—but she proved this week that she still has plenty to offer the sport when she put her skills to the test during a fun-filled game of "stick it" in the backyard of her lakefront Texas home. Biles, 29,

Mortgage rates retreated from their nine-month-high peaks Thursday as the uneasy ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran cooled global energy prices, easing pressure on bond markets and borrowing costs.  The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans decreased to 6.48% for the week ending June 4, down 5 b

After testing the waters on buyer demand and locking in more than $1 billion worth of unit reservations, 13th Floor Investments and Key International launched sales of the Nobu-branded condo tower planned for Brickell.  The developers are moving full steam ahead with 619 Brickell by Nobu, designed b

Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reportedly taking a big step in his romance with singer Katy Perry after sources claimed that he is hoping the chart-topper will move into his new $3.1 million Montreal home for at least "part" of the year. It was first reported in February that Trude

A professional sports handicapper who made a multimillion-dollar fortune by betting big on major games—before turning his talents to consulting, helping others to claim their own money through gambling—is betting big on his Nevada home, having returned the property to the market at a significant dis

Pulte Homes is betting on St. Lucie County in part by counting on buyers from the Greater Miami Area. The Atlanta-based national homebuilder bought a 50-acre site in Fort Pierce for $16.3 million, which is $326,000 per acre, with plans to develop it into Vela Cove, a single-family community with 239