Saving for retirement is a critical financial move at any age, but if you’re over 50 and a homeowner, ensuring that your accounts are well funded is particularly important.  In 2026, investors can defer up to $24,500 in their 401(k) plan, up from $23,500 in 2025. The full plan limit, which includes

NCH and Northwestern Medicine Collaboration Continues and Expands – Achieving Major Milestones Ongoing collaboration continues to expand world-class cancer care and education in Southwest Florida. Naples Comprehensive Health (NCH) and Northwestern Medicine celebrate significant progress since launch

Housing inventory growth has slowed from 33% year over year in mid-2025 to 10.0% today. The cooling marks the clearest end to the supply-shortage era and the beginning of a market where pricing power will be determined more by demand strength, rates and buyer behavior than scarcity alone. As Housing

The total value of U.S. household real estate took a hit in the third quarter but remains elevated, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve. The aggregate market value of all U.S. homes owned by those living in them dropped $361 billion to just over $48 trillion in the third quarter of

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte appears to be backing away from the idea of improving housing affordability with 50-year mortgages, after the idea faced conservative backlash. “We have other priorities,” Pulte told reporters on Friday when asked if the White House is still pursuin

It's not cheap to raise a family, but which state you choose to live in can make a huge difference. The average cost of raising a child under 5 has reached $27,743 per year, up 4.5% year over year, according to SmartAsset. What can help is finding a state that is more affordable. But families will n

Italian investor and entrepreneur Gianluca Vacchi filed a lawsuit against his partner, developer Michael Stern, over his investment in a North Beach development that has not come to fruition.  Vacchi accused Stern and two companies tied to him of a “deliberated and calculated fraud” in a scathing co

The House passed a bill on Friday aimed at rolling back regulation of energy efficiency standards for manufactured housing, which advocates say will reduce housing costs. The Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards (HOMES) Act (HR 5184) removed the Department of Energy's ability to re

Skyrocketing health care costs are threatening early retirement dreams for millions of Americans. Enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies expired at the end of 2025 — leaving 24 million people facing a sharp rise in health insurance costs unless Congress acts. Middle-income Americans ages 50 to

QXO today announced an additional funding round to support its next acquisition(s), as the firm aims to disrupt and consolidate the highly fragmented $800 billion building products industry.  The company’s $1.2 billion investment made public last week now totals $3 billion, with an additional $1.8 b

Palm Beach County isn't struggling when it comes to luxury real estate sales. The Florida hot spot is outperforming much of the country when it comes to the high-end market and its trophy homes—some commanding prices above $200 million. "The pandemic plus 'The Trump effect' has driven up prices over

Vanderbilt University is moving forward with its plans for a graduate campus in West Palm Beach, more than a year after scoring its first approvals for the project.  The Nashville-based university is preparing to break ground on the $520 million campus, which will offer graduate programs in business

Former "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Yolanda Hadid has taken her sprawling $10.88 million Pennsylvania farm off the market, just three months after she listed the "sanctuary" for sale. Hadid, 62, announced in September that she was preparing to part ways with the picturesque New Hope abode

REMAX Fine Properties and REMAX Professionals have merged to form the largest REMAX brokerage in Arizona. Combined operations will work under the REMAX Fine Properties name and maintain nine offices across the state. The brokerage now includes roughly 350 affiliated real estate professionals, accord

Justin Demola announced via social media on Monday that he’s joining consumer credit reporting agency Equifax as its senior vice president of mortgage and housing. Demola, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s resident Certified Mortgage Banker instructor, shared the career move on LinkedIn. He also se

As the housing market moves into 2026, competition remains intense in many parts of the country — especially in smaller metros where inventory is critically low. New findings from HW Data based on supply, pricing and buyer activity show that demand for single-family homes continues to far outpace av

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani suffered defeat in his first skirmish with multifamily property owners as part of a strategic war to remake the city’s rent-stabilized housing.​ On Friday, Summit Properties USA became the winning bidder for more than 5,000 rent-regulated units owned by bankrupt Pi

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is hoping to shake off a copyright lawsuit involving photos of an estate belonging to Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift’s fiancé. The trade association filed a motion to dismiss the copyright lawsuit on Friday.  Originally filed in U.S. District Court in Missouri

Imagine showing up at the polls this November excited to vote for property tax relief, only to find a ballot stuffed with more than half a dozen tax cut proposals, each promising savings in a different way. One would wipe out certain nonschool taxes on homesteads. Another would slow how fast your as

Florida’s real estate brokerage scene has a new face. Earlier this month, John Motowidlak, the founder and CEO of national mortgage firm Mpire Financial, announced the launch of a new brokerage firm MVRK Real Estate. Headquartered in Orlando, Fla., as of Monday, Motowidlak said the firm had 10 agent